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Saturday, May 9, 2009

SPECIAL ENVOY TO SHRINE OF CHRIST THE KING IN ALMADA


VATICAN CITY, 9 MAY 2009 (VIS) - Made public today was a Letter from the Pope, written in Latin and dated 2 April, in which he appoints Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, as his special envoy to celebrations marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Shrine of Christ the King in Almada, Portugal. The event is due to take place there on 17 May.

The mission accompanying the cardinal will be made up of Msgr. Jose Joao Aires Lobato, vicar general of the diocese of Setubal, and Fr. Mario Rui Leal Pedras, pastor of the parish of Sao Nicolau in Lisbon.
BXVI-LETTER/SPECIAL ENVOY/ALMADA:SARAIVA VIS 20090509 (130)

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