June 20
St. Paolino of Nola (Italy, 364-431)
Bishop
Friend of Sts. Augustine and Ambrose
OR today.
Benedict XVI to the Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians:
'Peace for the Middle East'
Graffiti on the security wall between Israel and the West Bank.
Other Page 1 stories: Iran's Supreme Leader legitimizes Ahmadinejad victory in the presidential elections;
and signs of economic recovery in the United States [Is this another case of the OR editor's bias?]
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met today with
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops (weekly meeting)
- Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
- Members of the council of the Fondazione Alcide De Gasperi. Address in Italian.
PAPAL ENVOYS TO PAULINE SITES
FOR CONCLUDING RITES OF THE PAULINE YEAR
The Vatican today released the names of the cardinals who have been named by Benedict XVI to represent him
at the concluding ceremonies of the Pauline Year in the sites associated with St. Paul:
- Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, to the Holy Land
- Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, to Malta
- Cardinal Raffaele Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, to Cyprus
- Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialog, to Turkey
- Cardinal Jozef Tomko, emeritus President of the Pontifical Council for the Evangelization of Peoples, to Greece
- Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid, to Syria
- Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, to Lebanon
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 20/06/2009 14:48]