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* Crossposted in: IN_CATHOLIC.

[continued]

27: Benedict XVI receives Letters of Credence of Hidekazu Yamaguchi, the =
new
Japanese ambassador to the Holy See.

29: Benedict XVI receives prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference =
of
the Philippines at the end of their "ad limina" visit.

30: Holy Father sends a message to participants in the funeral of =
Manuela
Campagni, one of the "Memores Domini" who serve in his Vatican =
apartments,
who died in a traffic accident on 24 November.

DECEMBER

2: Benedict XVI receives Letters of Credence of Gabor Gyorivanyi, the =

Subject: VISnews 101230
Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt 

new
Hungarian ambassador to the Holy See.

2: Death at the age of 80 of Cardinal Michele Giordano, archbishop =
emeritus
of Naples, Italy.

3: Benedict XVI receives Letters of Credence of Fernando F. Sanchez =
Campos,
the new ambassador of Costa Rica to the Holy See.

6: Holy Father receives in audience Viktor Orban, prime minister of the
Republic of Hungary.

10: Holy Father receives in audience Dalia Grybauskaite, president of =
the
Republic of Lithuania.

12: Holy Father visits the Roman parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe, where =
he
celebrates Mass.

16: Benedict XVI receives Letters of Credence of five new ambassadors to =
the
Holy See: Suresh Prasad Pradhan of Nepal; Royson Mabuku Mukwena of =
Zambia;
Miquel Angel Canturri Montanya of Andorra, Vivianne Fock Tave of =
Seychelles,
and Boubacar Sidiki Toure of Mali.

16: Presentation of the Holy Father's Message for the forty-fourth World =
Day
of Peace. The Day falls on 1 January 2011 and has as its theme: =
"Religious
Freedom. The Path to Peace".

16: Holy Father presides at Vespers in the Vatican Basilica with =
students of
Roman universities.

17: Benedict XVI receives Letters of Credence of Francesco Maria Greco, =
the
new Italian ambassador to the Holy See.

18: Holy Father visits the Vatican Apostolic Library to mark its =
reopening
following three years of restoration work.

18: Publication of the Holy Father's Message for the nineteenth World =
Day of
the Sick which will be held, as is traditional, on 11 February, Feast of =
Our
Lady of Lourdes.

30: Publication of the Holy Father's "Motu Proprio" om the prevention =
and
countering of illegal activities in the financial and monetary sectors.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 30 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Julian
Ruiz Martorell, vicar general of the archdiocese of Zaragoza, Spain, as
bishop of Huesca (area 4,728, population 85,500, Catholics 84,500, =
priests
97, religious 243), Spain, and of Jaca (area 5,896, population 49,425,
Catholics 48,541, priests 57, permanent deacons 2, religious 79), Spain. =
The
bishop-elect was born in Cuenca, Spain in 1957 and ordained a priest in
1981.
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NOTICE

VATICAN CITY, 30 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The staff of the Vatican Information
Service wishes all its readers a Happy New Year. The next VIS bulletin =
will
be transmitted on Monday, 3 January 2011.
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