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Friday, Sept. 11

ST. CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE (Roman Africa, d 258)
Bishop, Theologian and Martyr
(Beheaded in the persecutions of Emperor Valerian I)



OR today.

Except for the routine note on the Pope's appointments yesterday, there is a Page 1 reference
to the text of his address [photo above, text translated in the preceding post] to the sponsors
of the Vatican pavilion at Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain, last year on the theme of 'Water and
sustainable development'. Other Page 1 stories: New proposals of dialog from Iran - but not about
its nuclear weapons program ; President Obama's healthcare pitch to the joint session of Congress;
and after 10 weeks, Lebanese Prime Minister gives up trying to form a coalition government with
the Hezbollah.



THE POPE'S DAY

The Holy Father met today with

- H.E. Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal, President of Panama, with his wife and delegation

- Bishops of Brazil) (Northeast Sector-2) on ad limina visit

- Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Bishop of Mainz (Germany)



MESSAGE FOR RAMADAN

The Vatican released the text of the annual message from the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialog (CIRD)
on the occasion of Id-al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. The theme
of the message, signed by CIRD president Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, is "Christians and Muslims together
to conquer poverty".




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