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PAPAL, HOLY SEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST - DECEMBER 2006

VATICAN CITY, DEC 29, 2006 (VIS) - Following are highlights of the activities
of Pope Benedict XVI and the Holy See for the months of August through December
2006.

AUGUST

- 2: Telegram of condolence from the Holy Father for the death at the age of 96
of Dutch Cardinal Johannes Willebrands, president emeritus of the Pontifical
Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

- 11: Telegram from the Holy Father to Susilo Yudhoyono, president of
Indonesia, requesting clemency for three men condemned to death for their role
in inciting sectarian violence in Poso, Indonesia in 2000.

- 11: The Holy Father asks Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president emeritus of the
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, to travel to Lebanon as his special
envoy to express to the people there his spiritual closeness and solidarity,
and to pray for peace.

- 13: Publication of the text of an interview granted by Benedict XVI to the
television stations Bayerischer Rundfunk (ARD), ZDF and Deustsche Welle, and to
Vatican Radio, for his forthcoming apostolic trip to Munich, Altotting and
Regensburg, due to take place from September 9 to 14.

- 19: Telegram to His Beatitude Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of Babylon of the
Chaldeans, Iraq, expressing the Pope's closeness to the Chaldean Catholic
Church and requesting the release of the kidnapped priest, Fr. Saad Syrop
Hanna, seized in Baghdad on August 15.

- 28: The Holy Father receives in audience Angela Merkel, chancellor of the
Federal Republic of Germany, accompanied by her entourage.

SEPTEMBER

- 8: The new ambassador of Chile to the Holy See, Pedro Pablo Cabrera Gaete,
presents his Letters of Credence to the Holy Father.

- 9-14: Benedict XVI makes his second apostolic trip to Germany - the first
having been in August 2005 when he travelled to Cologne for World Youth Day -
divided into three stages: Munich, Altotting and Regensburg.

- 15: In the Apostolic Palace at Castelgandolfo, the Holy Father welcomes the
staff of the Secretariat of State for the appointment of Cardinal Tarcisio
Bertone S.D.B., archbishop of Genoa, Italy, as new secretary of State, and the
farewell ceremony of his predecessor, Cardinal Angelo Sodano.

- 16: The new ambassador of Slovenia to the Holy See, Ivan Rebernik, presents
his Letters of Credence to the Pope.

- 17: Beatification of Servant of God Sara Salkahazi (1899 - 1944) of the
Institute of the Sisters of the Assistance, in the square of St. Stephen's
Basilica in Budapest, Hungary. She was killed in 1944 for having protected
hundreds of Jews during the Second World War. Beatification of Servant of God
Mose Tovini (1877-1930), a priest of the diocese of Brescia, Italy.

- 18: The new ambassador of Austria to the Holy See, Martin Bolldorf, presents
his Letters of Credence to the Pope.

- 18-25: Ninth plenary session of the Joint International Commission for
Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church in
Belgrade, Serbia.

- 20: Telegram of condolence from the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the killing
of Sr. Leonella Sgorbati of the Consolata Missionary Sisters, in Mogadishu,
Somalia.

- 25: The Holy Father receives in audience Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of
the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, representatives from
Muslim-majority countries that maintain diplomatic links with the Holy See, and
a number of leaders of the Muslim community in Italy.

- 28: The new ambassador of the Federal Republic Germany to the Holy See,
Hans-Henning Horstmann, presents his Letters of Credence to Benedict XVI.

- 29: The new ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the Holy See, Rrok Logu,
presents his Letters of Credence to Benedict XVI.

- 30: Telegram of condolence from the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the death at
the age of 94 of Cardinal Louis-Albert Vachon, archbishop emeritus of Quebec,
Canada.

OCTOBER

- 5: Heinz Fischer, president of the Federal Republic of Austria, received in
audience by the Holy Father.

- 6: The Holy Father convokes the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of
Bishops dedicated to the theme: "The Word of God in the Life and the Mission of
the Church." The Synod is due to will be held in the Vatican from October 5 to
26, 2008.

- 8: Beatification of Servant of God Maria Teresa di Gesu, nee Maria Scrilli
(1825-1889), foundress of the Congregation of the Religious of Our Lady of
Carmel in the Roman amphitheater of Fiesole, Italy.

- 12: Inauguration of the exhibition "Petros Eni" (Peter is here) dedicated by
the Fabric of St. Peter's to the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the
current basilica, and to the Apostle Peter to whom the basilica is dedicated.
The exhibition runs from October 12, 2006 to March 8, 2007.

- 12: Opening of a new section of the Roman necropolis on the Via Triumphalis.
The sector came to light in 2003 during building work on a parking lot within
Vatican City, and its inauguration is part of celebrations marking the fifth
centenary of the Vatican Museums.

- 12: The Holy Father receives in audience Jaroslaw Kaczynski, prime minister
of the Republic of Poland.

- 13: Telegram of condolence from the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the death at
the age of 84 of Cardinal Dino Monduzzi, prefect emeritus of the Pontifical
Household.

- 13: Romano Prodi, prime minister of the Republic of Italy, visits the Holy
Father Benedict XVI.

- 15: Canonization in the Vatican Basilica of Blesseds: Rafael Guizar Valencia
(1878-1938), Mexican, bishop; Filippo Smaldone (1848-1923), Italian, founder of
the Institute of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts; Rosa Venerini
(1656-1728), virgin, Italian, foundress of the Congregation of the "Maestre Pie
Venerini;" and Theodore Guerin, nee Anne-Therese (1798-1856), virgin, French,
foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary "ad
Nemus" (Saint Mary of the Woods) in the U.S.A.

- 19: Telegram of condolence from the Holy Father for the death at the age of
77 of Cardinal Mario Francesco Pompedda, prefect emeritus of the Supreme
Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.

- 19: Pope travels to the Italian city of Verona for the 4th Italian Ecclesial
Congress on the theme: "Witnesses of the Risen Christ, Hope of the World."

- 22: Beatification, in the cathedral of Bilbao, Spain, of Servant of God
Margarita Maria Lopez de Maturana (1884-1934), Spanish, foundress of the
Institute of the Missionary Sisters of Mercy.

- 26: The new ambassador of Belgium to the Holy See, Frank De Coninck, presents
his Letters of Credence to the Holy Father.

- 26: The Holy Father receives in audience participants in the fifth
international congress of Military Ordinariates, marking the twentieth
anniversary of the Apostolic Constitution "Spirituali Militum Curae,"
promulgated by Servant of God John Paul II.

- 27: The Pope receives in audience Jose Ramos-Horta, prime minister of East
Timor, accompanied by an entourage.

- 29: Beatification, in the cathedral of Speyer, Germany, of Servant of God
Paul Josef Nardini (1821-1862), German, diocesan priest and founder of the
Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family.

NOVEMBER

- 5: Beatification of Servant of God Mariano de la Mata Aparicio, Spanish,
priest of the Order of Saint Augustine. (1905-1983), in the cathedral of Sao
Paulo, Brazil.

- 6: The Holy Father receives in audience Laszlo Solyom, president of the
Republic of Hungary.

- 10: The Holy Father receives in audience Tassos Papadopoulos, president of
the Republic of Cyprus.

- 13: The new ambassador of Japan to the Holy See, Kagefumi Ueno, presents his
Letters of Credence to the Holy Father.

- 14: Publication of Benedict XVI's Message for the 93rd World Day of Migrants
and Refugees, due to be celebrated on Sunday, January 14, 2007 on the theme:
"The Migrant Family."

- 18: Benedict XVI receives in audience Horst Kohler, president of the Federal
Republic of Germany.

- 20: The Pope receives Giorgio Napolitano, president of the Italian Republic,
on an official visit. President Napolitano took office on May 15 this year.

- 21: Announcement that the Holy Father Benedict XVI has completed writing the
first part of a book, entitled 'Gesu di Nazareth. Dal Battesimo nel Giordano
alla Trasfigurazione' (Jesus of Nazareth, From His Baptism in the Jordan to the
Transfiguration). The book is due to be published in spring 2007.

- 21-26: Official visit to Rome by the primate of the Anglican Communion,
Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, England.

- 24: The Holy Father receives in audience Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales,
president of the Republic of Honduras.

- 28-1 December: Benedict XVI makes an apostolic trip to Turkey - the fifth
journey outside Italy of his pontificate - divided into three stages: Ankara,
Ephesus and Istanbul.

- 30: Joint Declaration signed by the Holy Father Benedict XVI and His Holiness
Bartholomew I, ecumenical patriarch, at the ecumenical patriarchate in
Istanbul.

DECEMBER

- 3: Beatification of Servant of God Eufrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Eluvathingal, nee Rosa (1877-1952), Indian, religious of the Congregation of
the Mother of Carmel at Ollur in the archdiocese of Trichur, India.

- 10: The Pope makes a pastoral visit to the Roman parish of St. Mary Star of
Evangelization, where he celebrates Mass and consecrates the new parish church.

- 11: Telegram of condolence from the Holy Father for the death at the age of
88 of Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo, emeritus of Palermo, Italy.

- 11: Press conference presided by Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di
Montezemolo, archpriest of the Roman basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls,
to present recent excavations that brought to light the sarcophagus of St. Paul
in that basilica.

- 12: Publication of the Holy Father's Message for the World Day of Peace 2007,
which has as its theme: "The Human Person, the Heart of Peace."

- 13-16: First official visit of His Beatitude Christodoulos, archbishop of
Athens and of all Greece, to His Holiness Benedict XVI and the Church of Rome.
The Pope and the Archbishop sign a Joint Declaration.

- 13: Publication of the Holy Father's Message for the 15th World Day of the
Sick. The event is due to be celebrated in Seoul, South Korea on February 11,
2007, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.

- 13: Benedict XVI receives in audience Ehud Olmert, president of the State of
Israel.

- 14: Six new ambassadors to the Holy See - Lars Moller of Denmark, Maratbek
Salievic Bakiev of Kyrgyzstan, Carlos Dos Santos of Mozambique, Princess
Elizabeth Bagaya of Uganda, Makram Obeid of Syria, and Makase Nyaphisi of
Lesotho - present their Letters of Credence to the Holy Father.

- 15: Benedict XVI receives His Beatitude Antonios Naguib, Patriarch of
Alexandria of the Coptic Catholics, on his first official visit to the Holy See
since his election in March of this year.

- 16: The Holy See and the Republic of Montenegro decide, in common agreement,
to establish diplomatic relations, at the level of an apostolic nunciature on
the part of the Holy See, and of an embassy on the part of the Republic of
Montenegro.

- 20: The Pope receives the "Prize for Charity" from the Italian foundation
"Banca Alimentare." The reason for granting the prize, according to a
communique released by the foundation, is that since the start of his
pontificate, the Holy Father "has sought to present charity - the sincere
giving of oneself to others - as a natural dimension of Christian life."
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