Tuesday, Oct. 13
ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE (France, 1647-1690)
Nun and Mystic
Her visions of Jesus led to the First Friday
devotions to the Sacred Heart.
Her incorrupt body lies in the shrines at Paray-le-Monial.
OR for 10/12-10/13/09:
Photo, extreme right: Neolithic statue, Jordan, 8000 BC, said to be oldest known human statue.
Benedict XVI calls on the faithful to follow the very relevant examples of five new saints:
'Go against the current, as the Gospel says'
This double issue contains the reports and all Papal texts on the Rosary for Africa Saturday evening and the canonization of five saints last Sunday.
Other Page 1 stories: An editorial commentary on the current synodal assembly for Africa says political corruption on the continent is a brake to development; the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization says investments in agriculture should increase by at least 70% to prevent widespread famine in the world; and an exhibit of sixty cultural treasures from Jordan dating from the Neolithic period to the 19th-century Ottoman rule opens in Rome soon during the state visit of King Abdullah and King Rania.
No scheduled events for the Holy Father today.
According to the bulletin of the Synodal Assembly, the Pope was not present at the 13th general congregation this morning,
but he was present at the afternoon session.
COMING PAPAL EVENTS
OUTSIDE THE VATICAN:
The Vatican announced the dates today for two events:
- On Monday, Nov.16, the Holy Father will attend the opening of the Summit on Food Security to be held
at UN-FAO headquarters in Rome.
- The visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome will be on January 17, 2010, the 21st Day of Jewish-Catholic Dialog
observed in Italy and some other European nations.
Another concert for the Pope
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 13 (Translated from ANSA) - World-famous Chinese pianist Jin Ju, who won the 2002 Tschaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow (and five other international competitions between 1996-2003), will play for Pope Benedict XXVI at a concert to be held in the Aula Paolo VI on Saturday, Oct. 17.
The occasion is the 20th anniversary of the Accademia Pianistica of Imola
[a town in the north-central Italian region of Romagna], where Jin Ju currently teaches.
Born to a family of musicians in 1978, Jin Ju was a child prodigy whose concerts were nationally broadcast in China from the age of 9. She studied at the Beijing Conservatory of Music and subsequently in various academies in Europe.
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