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          Vatican Information Service
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      07.IV.2005
      Fifteenth Year  - N.66

      SUMMARY:

      - 140 CARDINALS DECIDE PROGRAM FOR START OF CONCLAVE
      - SCHEDULE FOR NOVENDIALI,  NINE DAYS OF MOURNING FOR POPE
      - TELEGRAM FOR DEATH OF PRINCE RAINIER III OF MONACO
      - VIS TO TRANSMIT POPE'S TESTAMENT IN SECOND SERVICE TODAY

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++   140 CARDINALS DECIDE PROGRAM FOR START OF CONCLAVE

      VATICAN CITY, APR 7, 2005 (VIS) - At the end of today's Fifth
General Congregation of Cardinals in the period of vacant see, Holy
See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released the
following information to journalists:

   "Following the opening prayer the cardinals who arrived
   yesterday in Rome swore their oath.

   "There were 140 cardinals present.

   "The College of Cardinals has delegated Cardinal Edmund
   Szoka the legislative power to mint coins and print stamps
   for the period of the vacant see.

   "The following program has been established for Monday,
   April 18, the start of the conclave.

    - At 10 a.m. Mass "pro eligendo Summo Pontifice" in St.
    Peter's Basilica;

       - At 4:30 p.m. Gathering in the Hall of Blessings in the
       Apostolic Palace (the Pauline Chapel is being restored) for
       the start of the procession to the Sistine Chapel where the
       work of the conclave will begin.

   "The cardinals also examined several problems relative to
the celebration of the funeral Mass and the rite of the Holy
Father's burial in the Vatican Grottoes.

   "They also considered several questions relative to the
start of the conclave and in this sense chose the two preachers for
the exhortations as established in the Apostolic Constitution
"Universi Dominici gregis."

   "Father Raniero Cantalamessa will give his intervention on
Thursday April 14 during the General Congregation of the morning.

   "Cardinal Thomas Spidlik, S.J. will address the cardinals in
the Sistine Chapel on Monday, April 18.

   "The cardinals will receive condolences from the diplomatic
corps on Wednesday, April 13 at 10 a.m. in the atrium of the Paul VI
Hall. OP/CONGREGATION:VACANT SEE/NAVARRO-VALLS VIS 050407 (270)

++   SCHEDULE FOR NOVENDIALI,  NINE DAYS OF MOURNING FOR POPE

      VATICAN CITY, APR 7, 2005 (VIS) - Archbishop Piero Marini,
master of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, has
published a note on the "novendiali" or period of nine days of
official mourning for the late Pope John Paul II, explaining the
background and indicating the dates, times and   principal celebrants
of each of the nine Masses.

   The communique states that "according to an ancient custom,
for nine consecutive days there are special Eucharistic celebrations
for the repose of the soul of the deceased Roman Pontiff, starting
with the funeral Mass which is determined by the Congregation of
Cardinals (cf. Universi Dominici gregis, n. 13 and 27)."

   "Each day the celebration is open to everyone. It is,
however, entrusted each day to a different group, taking into
account that group's links with the Roman Pontiff. This variety of
the congregation shows in a certain way both the milieu of the
Supreme Pastor as well as the universality of the Church of Rome
(Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontifici, n. 133)."

   "The funeral Mass for the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II will
take place April 8 at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square whereas in the
Vatican Basilica, from the 9th to the 16th of  April, the novendiali
celebrations for the repose of the soul of the deceased Pope, will
continue in the following manner:

      Day 1: Funeral Mass

      Day 2: Saturday, April 9, at 5 p.m.: For the faithful of
      Vatican City: The concelebration will be presided over by
      Cardinal Francesco Marchisano, archpriest of the Patriarchal
      Vatican Basilica.

      Day 3: Sunday, April 10, 5 p.m. For the Church of Rome. Mass
      presided over by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar 
general for the
      diocese of Rome, and concelebrated by the clergy of Rome.

      Day 4: Monday, April 11, 5 p.m. For the Chapters of the
      Patriarchal Basilicas. The concelebration will be presided by
      Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, archbishop emeritus of Boston
      and archpriest of the Patriarchal Basilica of St Mary Major.

      Day 5: Tuesday, April 12, 5 p.m. Cappella Papale. Mass to be
      presided over by Cardinal Eugenio de Araujo Sales, archbishop
      emeritus of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, proto-priest of
      the College of Cardinals.

      Day 6: Wednesday, April 13, 5 p.m. For the Roman Curia.
      Concelebration will be presided over by Archbishop Leonardo
      Sandri, substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of
      State.

      Day 7: Thursday, April 14, 5 p.m. For the Oriental Churches.
      Divine Liturgy in the Oriental Rite to be presided over by His
      Beatitude Pierre Nasrallah Sfeir, patriarch of Antioch of the
      Maronites.

      Day 8: Friday, April 15, 5 p.m. For members of Institutes of
      Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Mass
      presided over by Archbishop Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti,
      emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, secretary of the
      Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies
      of Apostolic Life.

      Day 9: Saturday, April 16, Cappella Papale. The concelebration
      will be presided by Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez,
      prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and
      the Discipline of the Sacraments, proto-deacon of the College
      of Cardinals.

   All cardinals are invited to concelebrate in the Cappelle
Papali on April 8, 12 and 16." OLC/NOVENDIALI/MARINI   VIS 050407 (530)

++   TELEGRAM FOR DEATH OF PRINCE RAINIER III OF MONACO

      VATICAN CITY, APR 7, 2005 (VIS) - The following telegram was
sent yesterday by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the College of
Cardinals, to Prince Albert of Monaco upon the death of his father:

   "Informed of the death of His Serene Highness Rainier III,
Prince of Monaco, who for long years guided the destiny of the
principality, I send, in the name of the College of Cardinals, my
sincere condolences to Your Highness as well as to the family of the
prince, the government and all the people of Monaco. Asking the Lord
to welcome the deceased in His peace and in the eternity of His
Kingdom, I also ask the Lord to send upon all those touched by this
death the abundance of His divine blessings, as a sign of comfort
and hope." .../DEATH RAINIER/RATZINGER     VIS 050407 (150)

++   NOTICE

      VATICAN CITY, APR 7, 2005 (VIS) - This afternoon, V.I.S. will
transmit a special bulletin on John Paul II's spiritual testament.
.../.../...         VIS 050407 (30)


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