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ACTIVITIES OF POPE BENEDICT XVI

VATICAN CITY, SEP 4, 2006 (VIS) - Following is a list of Pope Benedict's
activities during the month of August. It includes the Angelus, general and
private audiences, other pontifical acts, letters, messages, telegrams and
other news. The activities are presented in chronological order under their
respective headings.

ANGELUS

- 6: From Castelgandolfo, the Pope commented on the evangelical episode of the
Transfiguration, highlighting how it invites us to open our eyes to the mystery
of the light of God, present throughout the history of salvation. He also
recalled Pope Paul VI who died on August 6, 1978.

- 13: The Holy Father remarked that holidays are a "precious opportunity" to
dedicate more time to human contact and religious experience. He also recalled
the conflict in the Middle East, expressing the hope that peace may prevail
over violence and the force of arms.

- 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Holy Father emphasized how the
Assumption is Mary's triumph, in which Christian people, on their pilgrimage
though history, recognize the fulfillment of their expectations and a sure sign
of their hope. He mentioned Eucharistic celebrations in favor of peace in
Harissa, Lebanon and in Nazareth, and recalled the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka
and the continual bloodshed in Iraq.

- 20: The Pope recalled the figure of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, whose feast day
falls today. The saint's theology, he said, is characterized by its clear and
incisive presentation of the truths of the faith. The Holy Father also
highlighted how, as St. Bernard said, it is necessary to guard against the
dangers of excessive activity in all fields because this is often accompanied
by "hardness of heart."

- 27: In this last Angelus of the month of August, Benedict XVI considered St.
Monica and her son St. Augustine, whose feast days fall today and tomorrow
respectively. The life of the former, said the Pope, invites mothers not to
despair over the problems of their children but to put their trust in God,
while the life of St. Augustine is model of the path to God, supreme truth and
good.

WEDNESDAY GENERAL AUDIENCES

- 2: The Pope greeted participants in the European Pilgrimage of Ministrants,
addressing them in German as the majority of participants were German speakers.
At the end of the audience he made an appeal for peace in the Middle East,
especially recalling the conflict in Lebanon.

- 9: Benedict XVI resumed his series of catecheses on the Apostles, commenting
on the writings of St. John. He also renewed his appeal for peace in the Middle
East.

- 16: The Holy Father dedicated his catechesis to yesterday's Feast of the
Assumption.

- 23: In today's general audience, the Pope returned to the subject of St. John
the Evangelist, the "seer of Patmos."

- 30: The Apostle and Evangelist St. Matthew was the subject of the Pope's
reflections in today's general audience, the last of the month of August.

LETTERS, MESSAGES AND TELEGRAMS

- 2: Telegram of condolence to Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and to Cardinal Adrianus
Johannes Simonis, archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands, for the death of Dutch
Cardinal Johannes Willebrands, president emeritus of that pontifical council.

- 11: Telegram from the Holy Father to Susilo Yudhoyono, president of
Indonesia, requesting clemency for three men condemned to death for their role
in inciting sectarian violence in Poso, Indonesia.

- 19: Telegram to His Beatitude Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of Babylon of the
Chaldeans, Iraq, expressing the Pope's closeness to the Chaldean Catholic
Church and requesting the release of the kidnapped priest, Fr. Saad Syrop
Hanna, seized in Baghdad on August 15.

- 21: Message from the Holy Father to participants in and organizers of the
27th Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples in Rimini, Italy. The theme of this
year's meeting is: "Reason is need for the infinite, and culminates in the
desire and presentiment that the infinite will be revealed."

OTHER NEWS

- 11: The Holy Father asks Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president emeritus of the
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, to travel to Lebanon as his special
envoy to express to the people there his spiritual closeness and solidarity.

- 13: Publication of the text of an interview granted by Benedict XVI to the
television stations Bayerischer Rundfunk (ARD), ZDF and Deustsche Welle, and to
Vatican Radio, for his forthcoming apostolic trip to Munich, Altotting and
Regensburg, due to take place from September 9 to 14.

- 15: The Pope, for the Solemnity of the Assumption, celebrates Mass and
delivers a homily at the pontifical parish of St. Thomas of Villanova in
Castelgandolfo.

- 19: Following a theatrical performance of a work by Charles Peguy, "Le
Mystere de la charite de Jeanne d'Arc," at Castelgandolfo, the Holy Father
addresses some words to those present. The initiative was promoted by the
archdiocese of the Principality of Monaco in collaboration with that country's
embassy to the Holy See.

AUDIENCES

- 18: The Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president
emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and of the Pontifical
Council "Cor Unum."

- 21: The Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re,
prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

- 28: The Holy Father received in separate audiences Angela Merkel, chancellor
of the Federal Republic of Germany, accompanied by her entourage; Archbishop
Luigi Bonazzi, apostolic nuncio to Cuba; Bishop Vincenzo Paglia of Terni-
Narni-Amelia, Italy accompanied by Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Sant'Egidio
Community; Bishop-elect Markus Buchel of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.

- 31: The Holy Father received in separate audiences Gukatsu Kano, ambassador
of Japan, on his farewell visit; a group of priests from the diocese of Albano,
Italy.

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

- 2: Appointment of Fr. Joao Alves dos Santos O.F.M. Cap. as bishop of
Paranagua, Brazil. He succeeds Bishop Alfredo Ernest Novak C.SS.R., whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was accepted by the Holy
Father, upon having reached the age limit.

- 5: Resignation of Bishop Andrea Gemma F.D.P. from the pastoral care of the
diocese of Isernia-Venafro, Italy, upon having reached the age limit.
Appointment of Msgr. Waclaw Depo as bishop of Zamsoc-Lubaczow, Poland. He
succeeds Bishop Jan Srutwa whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
diocese was accepted by the Holy Father, in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2,
of the Code of Canon Law.

- 8: Resignation of Bishop Gordon Dunlap Bennett S.J. from the pastoral care of
the diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica, in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2, of
the Code of Canon Law.

- 10: Appointment of Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, prefect emeritus of
the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, as
special papal envoy to the closing ceremony of the Plenary Council of
Venezuela, due to be held in Caracas on October 7.

- 17: Appointment of Msgr. James Patrick Green as apostolic nuncio to South
Africa and Namibia, and as apostolic delegate to Botswana, and his elevation to
the dignity of archbishop.

- 19: Appointment of Bishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda, as
metropolitan archbishop of Kampala, Uganda. He succeeds Cardinal Emmanuel
Wamala whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was
accepted by the Holy Father, upon having reached the age limit. Appointment of
Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, metropolitan archbishop of Naples, Italy, as special
papal envoy to the Asian Mission Congress, due to be held in Chang Mai,
Thailand on October 19-22. Appointment of Cardinal Agostino Vallini, prefect of
the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, and of Bishop Giovanni Paolo
Benotto of Tivoli, Italy, as members of the Congregation for the Causes of
Saints. Appointment of Fr. Jose Gabriel Funes S.J. as director of the Vatican
Observatory.

- 25: Resignation of Archbishop Joseph Dore P.S.S., from the pastoral care of
the archdiocese of Strasbourg, France, in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2,
of the Code of Canon Law.

- 28: Erection of the diocese of Banmaw, Myanmar, and appointment of Fr.
Raymond Sumlut Gam as first bishop thereof.

- 29: Given the appointment as Secretary of State of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone,
archbishop of Genoa, Italy, the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Angelo
Bagnasco, military ordinary for Italy, as archbishop of Genoa.

- 31: Appointment of Msgr. Paul Joseph Swain as bishop of Sioux Falls, U.S.A.
BXVI-ACTIVITIES AUGUST/.../... VIS 060904 (1410)

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