OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 22, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Accepted the request of Cardinal William W. Baum for resignation from the charge of major penitentiary for reasons of age and health. He appointed Bishop Luigi De Magistris, regent of the same apostolic penitentiary, as major pro-penitentiary of the same, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop.

- Appointed as members of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani, president of the Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See, and Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, apostolic nuncio.

- Appointed as ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Prof. Paul Kirchhof, ordinary professor of public law and director of the Institute of Financial and Fiscal Law at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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