the new Maronite Bishops of Argentina and Australia on Sunday, 26 May, he will
celebrate Mass at the inter-ritual Shrine of Our Lady of Zahle with the
participation of the Melkite Archbishop and other pastors of the local Eastern
Churches with their
respective faithful. The main intention of the prayer in these circumstances
will be the plea for peace in Syria, Lebanon, and the entire Middle East.
In the following days, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental
Churches will meet with the Maronite, Melkite, Syrian, and Armenian patriarchs
as well as some religious communities, especially the young volunteers
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of Caritas Lebanon who,
along with other humanitarian organizations, are attempting to deal with the
enormous tragedy of refugees fleeing Syria.
The visit to Jordan will also be devoted to meeting the pastors and
faithful of the various Catholic communities, especially that of the Greek
Melkite communities in Petra and Philadelphia and the Latin Patriarchate of
Jerusalem, whose territory
extends throughout the country. On Thursday, 30 May, the cardinal will attend
the inauguration of the University of Madaba, belonging to the Latin
Patriarchate of Jerusalem. His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan is expected
to attend. Before returning
to Rome, the Cardinal will visit a camp of refugees who have fled from Syria
and other Middle Eastern regions.
To all, pastors and faithful, the government and the peoples of Lebanon and
Jordan, reads a press release, “the cardinal will bring the affectionate
greeting, sharing in the worries and the sorrows of these regions, of Pope
Francis, and
imparting the Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of closeness and hope in the Lord
for the countries of the entire Middle Eastern region.”
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AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 24 May 2013 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father
received:
- His excellency Mr. Marin Raykov Nikolov, prime minister of Bulgaria,
with his wife and entourage.
- His excellency Mr. Trajko Veljanovski, vice president of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, with his wife and entourage.
- Archbishop Orani Joao Tempesta, O. Cist., archbishop of Sao Sebastiao
do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 24 May 2013 (VIS) – Today the Holy Father erected the
new diocese of Dolisie (area 25,930, population 210,000, Catholics 71,000,
priests 32, religious 3) Democratic Republic of the Congo, with territory
taken from the Diocese of
Nkayi, making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Brazzaville. He appointed
Fr. Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou as first bishop of the new diocese.
Bishop-elect Manamika Bafouakouahou, previously vicar general of the Diocese
of Kinkala, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, was born in Brazzaville in 1964 and was ordained a
priest in 1993. Since ordination he has served in several pastoral and
diocesan level roles, most recently, since 2004, as episcopal delegate for
diocesan Caritas and coordinator
of the Sant'Agostino Seminary of Kinkala.
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