PONTIFICAL LEGATE TO MILLENNIUM OF ST. STEPHEN OF HUNGARY

VATICAN CITY, AUG 10, 2000 (VIS) - Made public today was a letter from John Paul II, written in Latin and dated June 29, in which he names Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano as pontifical legate at celebrations to mark the millennium of St. Stephen of Hungary. The event is due to take place in Budapest on August 30.

On the pontifical mission accompanying Cardinal Sodano will be Archbishops Karl-Josef Rauber, apostolic nuncio in Hungary, and Istvan Seregely of Eger, president of the Hungarian Episcopal Conference; Bishop Szilard Keresztes of Hajdudorog; Msgr. Timothy P. Broglio, nunciature counsellor at the Secretariat of State and Fr. Adam Somorjai O.S.B., official of the Secretariat of State.

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AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, AUG 10, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father this morning received in audience at the apostolic palace of Castelgandolfo Cardinal James Francis Stafford, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, accompanied by Bishop Stanislaw Rylko, Guzman Carriquiry and Msgr. Renato Boccardo, respectively secretary, under-secretary and bureau chief of the same pontifical council.

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