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CARDINAL GROCHOLEWSKI, SPECIAL ENVOY TO MANILA

VATICAN CITY, 20 JAN 2011 (VIS) - Made public today was a Letter, written in
Latin and dated 28 December 2010, in which the Holy Father appoints Cardinal
Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, as his
special envoy to celebrations marking the fourth centenary of the foundation of
the "Santo Tomas" Pontifical University in Manila, Philippines, due to take
place on 28 January 2011.

Also made public were the names of the members of the mission that will
accompany Cardinal Grocholewski on his mission. They are Fr. Isidro C. Abano
O.P., executive director of the committee for the fourth centenary of the
"Santo Tomas" University, and Fr. Lorenz Moises J. Festin, dean
of studies at
the philosophy department of the "San Carlos" Seminary in Manila.
BXVI-LETTER/VIS 20110120 (140)

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