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PAPAL, HOLY SEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2005: AUGUST - DECEMBER

VATICAN CITY, DEC 29, 2005 (VIS) - Following are highlights of the activities
of Pope Benedict XVI and the Holy See for the months of August through December
2005.

AUGUST

- 18 - 21: Apostolic trip to Cologne, Germany, for the celebration of 20th
World Youth Day on the theme: "We have come to adore Him."

SEPTEMBER

- 2: Benedict XVI entrusts Vatican Radio with the exercise and protection of
the copyright and intellectual property rights of all audio recordings of his
voice dating back to the period prior to his elevation to the Chair of Peter,
with the exception of those rights already legitimately acquired by third
parties.

- 16: The Holy Father receives in audience participants in an international
congress on the theme: "Holy Scripture in the Life of the Church." The
congress, held in Rome from September 14 - 18, was jointly organized by the
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and by the Catholic Biblical
Federation (FBC), for the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the promulgation
of Vatican Council II's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation "Dei
Verbum."

- 23: Benedict XVI receives the Letters of Credence of Luis Felipe Bravo Mena,
the new ambassador of Mexico to the Holy See.

- 24: The Holy Father Benedict XVI meets with Professor Hans Kung of Tubingen,
Germany

- 29: Boris Tadic, president of the Republic of Serbia, invites the Holy Father
to visit his country.

OCTOBER

- 2: Opening of the Eleventh Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops,
on the theme: "The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the
Church."

- 9: Beatification of Servant of God Clemens August Von Galen (1878 - 1946),
bishop of Munster, Germany.

- 11: Presentation of the book "La Rivoluzione di Dio" (The Revolution of God),
a collection of the twelve discourses pronounced by Benedict XVI in August 2005
during World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany, the Pope's first apostolic trip
outside Italy,

- 15: One hundred thousand children from Italy and other parts of the world who
took First Communion this year, gather in St. Peter's Square for a meeting of
prayer and catechesis with the Holy Father. The theme of the event was: "The
bread of heaven."

- 17: Telegram of condolence from the Holy Father for the death of Cardinal
Giuseppe Caprio, who passed away on October 15.

- 22: Publication in various languages of the final message of the Eleventh
Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, entitled: "The Eucharist:
Living Bread for the Peace of the World."

- 23: The presidents delegate and the secretary general of the Synod of Bishops
send a letter to the four Chinese prelates absent from the synodal assembly:
Bishops Antonio Li Duan, Xi'an; Luca Li Jingfeng, Fengxiang; Aloysius Jin
Luxian S.J., Shanghai; and Giuseppe Wei Jingyi, Qiqihar.

- 23: Mass in St. Peter's Square, concelebrated by the Synod Fathers and
presided by Benedict XVI for the closing of the Year of the Eucharist and of
the Eleventh Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. Canonization of
Blesseds: Archbishop Jozef Bilczewski of Lviv of the Latins, died in 1923;
Gaetano Catanoso, priest, founder of the Congregation of the Veronica Sisters
of the Holy Countenance, died in 1963; Zygmunt Gorazdowski, priest, founder of
the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, died in 1920; Alberto Hurtado
Cruchaga, Jesuit priest, died in 1952; and Felice da Nicosia, of the Friars
Minor Capuchin, died in 1787.

- 27: Day of commemoration for the promulgation of the Vatican Council II
Declaration "Nostra aetate" on the relation of the Church to non-Christian
religions.

- 28: Presentation of the Holy Father's Message for the 92nd World Day of
Migrants and Refugees, which is due to be celebrated on January 15, 2006, and
which has the theme: "Migrations, sign of the times."

- 29: Beatification of Servants of God: Josep Tapies Sirvant and six
companions, priests, martyrs died in 1936; and Maria de los Angeles Ginard
Marti, professed religious of the Sisters Guardians of the Eucharistic Cult,
virgin and martyr, died in 1936.

NOVEMBER

- 6: Beatification of Eurosia Fabris (1866 - 1932), of the Third Order of St.
Francis, known as "Mother Rosa."

- 12: Benedict XVI receives the Letters of Credence of Francis Rooney, the new
ambassador of the United States to the Holy See.

- 13: Beatification of Servants of God: Charles de Foucauld, priest (1858-
1916); Maria Pia Mastena, virgin and foundress of the Institute of Sisters of
the Holy Countenance (1881-1951); and Maria Crocifissa Curcio, virgin and
founder of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus
(1877-1957).

- 17: Visit to the Holy Father Benedict XVI by Moshe Katsav, president of the
State of Israel.

- 19: "Motu proprio" entitled "De Basilicis Sancti Francisci et Sanctae Mariae
Angelorum," establishing new norms concerning the Basilica of St. Francis in
Assisi, Italy, which is run by the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, and the
Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in the same city, which is in the hands of
the Order of Friars Minor.

- 20: Beatification in the Jalisco Stadium of Guadalajara, Mexico, of thirteen
martyrs who were killed during religious persecutions in Mexico last century:
Anacleto Gonzalez Flores and seven companions, Jose Trinidad Rangel, Andres
Sola Molist, Leonardo Perez, Dario Acosta Zurita, and the fourteen- year-old
boy Jose Sanchez del Rio.

- 22: Presentation of the calendar of events to commemorate the fifth centenary
of the foundation of the Pontifical Swiss Guard (1506 - 2006).

- 25: Visit by the Holy Father Benedict XVI to Rome's Sacred Heart Catholic
University for the inauguration of the academic year.

- 28: Publication of a Message from the Holy Father to the young Dutch
participants in the first National Day of Catholic Youth, celebrated in
Nieuwegein, Netherlands.

- 29: The Holy Father Benedict XVI grants the faithful a Plenary Indulgence for
the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, 2005, the fortieth
anniversary of the closure of Vatican Council II.

- 29: Publication of the document: "Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the
Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in
view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders."

DECEMBER

- 1: Benedict XVI receives the Letters of Credence of eleven new ambassadors to
the Holy See: Ali Abeid A. Karume of Tanzania; Madan Kumar Bhattarai of Nepal;
Pekka Ojanen of Finland; Gilbert Ramirez Chagoury of Santa Lucia; Francisco A.
Soler of El Salvador; Sten Erik Malmborg Lilholt of Denmark; Konji Sebati of
South Africa; Idriss Jazairy of Algeria; Petros Tseggai Asghedom of Eritrea;
Feliz Kodjo Sagbo of Togo; and Antoni Morell Mora of Andorra.

- 3: At the end of the "ad limina" visit of a group of prelates from the
Episcopal Conference of Poland, Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow invites
the Holy Father to visit Poland.

- 3: Holy Father receives in audience Mahmud Abbas, president of the
Palestinian Authority.

- 8: Benedict XVI presides at a Eucharistic concelebration in the Vatican
Basilica to mark today's Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and the
fortieth anniversary of the closure of Vatican Council II.

- 13: Presentation of Holy Father's Message for the World Day of Peace 2006 on
the theme: "In truth, peace."

- 15: Benedict XVI receives members of the joint coordinating committee of the
International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic and
Orthodox Churches.

- 16: Publication of the Pope's Message for the 14th World Day of the Sick,
which is celebrated every year on February 11, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.

- 18: First pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the parishes in the Diocese
of Rome and celebration of the Holy Mass in the Parish of Santa Maria
Consolatrice in Casalbertone. The then Cardinal Ratzinger became titular of
this parish in 1977.

- 19: Presentation to the Holy Father of the Letters of Credence of Mr. Bernard
Kessedjian, the new French ambassador to the Holy See.

- 23: Presentation of the Letters of Credence for the new ambassador of Great
Britain to the Holy See, Mr. Francis Martin-Xavier Campbell.
.../ACTIVITIES 2005/... VIS 051229 (1365)

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