NOTICE

VATICAN CITY, JUN 28, 2005 (VIS) - As previously announced, there will be no edition of VIS tomorrow, June 29, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, and a holiday in the Vatican. Service will resume on Thursday, June 30.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 28, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Raymond Centene of the clergy of the diocese of Perpignan, diocesan chancellor and pastor of the parish of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Gare, as bishop of Vannes (area 6,822, population 606,600, Catholics 600,000, priests 444, permanent deacons 45, religious 1,827), France. The bishop-elect was born in Banyuls-sur-Mer, France, in 1958 and ordained a priest in 1993. He succeeds Bishop Francois-Mathurin Gourves, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JUN 28, 2005 (VIS) - Yesterday, the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Marian Jaworski, archbishop of Lviv of the Latins, Ukraine, and Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
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POPE TO TAKE MOUNTAIN VACATION FROM JULY 11 TO 28

VATICAN CITY, JUN 28, 2005 (VIS) - Next month, the Pope is due to travel to Les Combes in the Valle d'Aosta region of northwestern Italy, where he will spend a period of relaxation from July 11 to 28, according to a communique from the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household.

  During this period, the Wednesday general audiences of July 13, 20 and 27 will be suspended. On Sunday, July 17 and 24, the Pope will pray the Angelus from his residence in Les Combes.

  On Thursday July 28, Benedict XVI will travel to the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo, his summer residence south of Rome.

  Over the summer period, all private and special audiences are suspended. The general audiences will resume regularly from Wednesday, August 3.
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CAUSE OF BEATIFICATION OF JOHN PAUL II OPENS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 28, 2005 (VIS) - This afternoon, eve of the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, in the St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome, the opening session will be held of the diocesan investigation into the life, virtues and fame of saintliness of Servant of God John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla).

  On May 13, in the course of a meeting with the Roman clergy held in the same basilica, Benedict XVI announced the opening of the cause, waiving the normal waiting period of five years after the death of a Servant of God.

  The diocesan tribunal of Rome is responsible for the first phase of the process (an analysis of the life and writings of the Servant of God, and the hearing of witnesses). If a positive verdict is forthcoming, the case will pass to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints where, following a fresh examination of the material, extraordinary favors that may be miracles will be studied with the help of doctors and experts. Following the certification of a miracle, the Pope could order beatification.

  The official Internet site for the cause of beatification of John Paul II is: www.JohnPaulIIBeatification.org . The postulator of the cause, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, explains that the site will soon "offer a space for giving testimony of grace received, ... personal encounters with John Paul II, and prayer meetings throughout the world in support of the cause of beatification."

  The site also contains, in various languages, the prayer approved by the vicariate of Rome to implore the intercession of Servant of God John Paul II.

  "O Blessed Trinity. We thank You for having graced the Church with Pope John Paul II and for allowing the tenderness of your Fatherly care, the glory of the cross of Christ, and the splendor of the Holy Spirit, to shine through him. Trusting fully in Your infinite mercy and in the maternal intercession of Mary, he has given us a living image of Jesus the Good Shepherd, and has shown us that holiness is the necessary measure of ordinary Christian life and is the way of achieving eternal communion with you. Grant us, by his intercession, and according to Your will, the graces we implore, hoping that he will soon be numbered among your saints. Amen."
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