PASTORAL VISIT TO KOREA
 13: The Holy Father begins his apostolic trip in Korea. Francis arrives in
Seoul where he is received by Park Geun-hye, president of the Republic of
Korea, and various other state authorities. He meets with the bishops of
the country in the offices of the Episcopal Conference of Korea.
 15: Francis travels to the World Cup Stadium in Daejeon to celebrate Mass
and visits the shrine of Solmoe, where a large number of young people await
his arrival to celebrate the 6th Asian Youth Day.
 16: The Pope visits the Shrine to the Martyrs of Seo So-Mun and the
Gwanghwamun Gate in Seoul where he beatifies Paul Yun Ji-Chung and 123
companion martyrs. He visits the rehabilitation centre for the disabled in
Yongsan, the "Cemetery for Aborted Children", and the
"School of Love" in Kkottongnae, where he meets the religious
community of Korea. The Pope later meets with the leaders of the lay
apostolate at the Kkottongnae Spiritual Centre.
 17: The Holy Father visits the Shrine to the unknown martyrs, where he
meets with the bishops of Asia. From there, he transfers to the Castle of
Haemi to celebrate Mass to conclude the 6th Asian Youth Day.
 18: In Myeong-dong Cathedral Francis meets with religious leaders and
celebrates Mass for peace and reconciliation in Korea. He returns to
Vatican City.
 AUDIENCES
 1: Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy.
 2: Archbishop Franco Coppola, apostolic nuncio in the Central African Republic.
 11: Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for
Bishops. On Sunday, 10 August in the Domus Sanctae Marthae the Holy Father
received in audience Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation
for the Evangelisation of Peoples.
 27: Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kuin, S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, China.
 28: The Pope received in separate audiences Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio,
president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and
Itinerant Peoples; Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, president of the
Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation, and Cardinal Leonardo
Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
 29: Fr. Jorge Hernandez, of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, priest in
Gaza, Palestine.
 APPOINTMENTS 2: Cardinal Paul Jozef Cordes, president emeritus of the
Pontifical Council Cor Unum, as special envoy to the celebration of the
450th anniversary of the foundation of the Willibaldinum Seminary in the
diocese of Eichstatt, Germany, to be held on 11 October.
 5: Bishop Luis Adriano Piedrahita, formerly of Apartado, Colombia, is
appointed as bishop of Santa Marta in Colombia. He succeeds Bishop Hugo
Eugenio Puccini Banfi, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
 6: Nomination of Archbishop Fernando Jose Guimaraes, C.SS.R., as military
ordinary of Brazil. Previously bishop of Garanhus in Brazil, he succeeds
Archbishop Osvino Jose Bosth, whose resignation from office upon reaching
the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
 Bishop Ernesto Maguengue, previously of Pemba, Mozambique, is appointed as
auxiliary of the archdiocese of Nampula in the same country.
 7: Nomination of Rev. Bohdan Danylo, formerly rector of St. Basil's
seminary, Stamford, U.S.A., as bishop of St. Josaphat in Parma of the
Ukrainians, U.S.A.
 9: Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, president emeritus of the Governorate of
Vatican City State, is appointed as the Pope's special envoy to the
celebration of the centenary of the foundation of the Apostolic Movement of
Schonstatt, to be held in Schonstatt in Vallendar, Germany, from 16 to 19
October.
 12: Rev. Sevastianos Rossolatos, chancellor of the curia and rector of the
"Faneromeni" shrine, Greece, is appointed as archbishop of Athens
and apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae
Sedis" of Rhodes, Greece. He succeeds Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos,
whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese and from
the office of apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum
Sanctae Sedis" of Rhodes upon reaching the age limit was accepted by
the Holy Father.
 18: The Pope appoints Bishop Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz of Espinal,
Colombia, as bishop of Armenia, Colombia. 20: Bishop Thomas Aquino Manyo
Maeda of Hiroshima, Japan, is appointed as archbishop of Osaka, Japan. He
succeeds Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J., whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the same archdiocese upon reaching the age limit was
accepted.
 22: Rev. Gerardo Diaz Vasquez, priest of Maria Reina y Madre de los
Campesinos in Tepatitlan, Mexico, is appointed as bishop of Tacambaro,
Mexico. He succeeds Bishop Jose Luis Castro Medellin, M.S.F., whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching the
age limit was accepted.
 26: Msgr. Maurizio Malvestiti, under-secretary of the Congregation for the
Oriental Churches, is appointed as bishop of Lodi, Italy. He succeeds
Bishop Giuseppe Merisi, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the
same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted.
 On the same day, the Pope appointed Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas, auxiliary
of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, U.S.A., as bishop of Toledo in America,
U.S.A.
 27: The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the
eparchy of Satna of the Syro-Malabars, India, presented by Bishop Mathew
Vaniakizhakkel, C.V., in accordance with canon 210 paras. 1 and 2 of the
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
 The Pope appoints Rev. Fr. Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X., parish priest of
Santa Rosa de Lima in Abaetetuba and regional bursar of his order for North
Brazil, as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Alto Solomoes in Brazil.
 28: Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra of Valencia, Spain, is appointed as
metropolitan archbishop of Madrid, Spain. He succeeds Cardinal Antonio
Maria Rouco Varela, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
archdiocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted.
 Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the Congregation for Divine
Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, is appointed as metropolitan
archbishop of Valencia, Spain.
 29: Bishop George Njaralakatt, eparch of Mandya in India, is appointed as
archbishop of the eparchy of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars in India.
 OTHER NEWS
 5: In St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father greets 50,000 German-speaking
monks from the dioceses of Germany, Vienna and Linz, Austria, and Latvia,
during their pilgrimage to Rome.
 7: The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J.,
speaks on the Pope's behalf regarding his concerns for the exodus of
Christian communities from the north of Iraq due to the violence that
plagues the region, and repeats his appeal to the international community
to bring an end to this humanitarian crisis.
 8: The Holy See Press Office communicates that the Holy Father has
appointed Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the
Evangelisation of Peoples, as his personal envoy to express his spiritual
closeness and the solidarity of the Church to the people of Iraq.
 10: Following the Mass celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, president
of the Italian Episcopal Conference, the Pope greets by telephone 30,000
scouts gathered in Pisa, Italy, to conclude their Third National Route.
 20: In the afternoon, the Pope meets with members of Work of Nazareth,
accompanied by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, in the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

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 ACTIVITIES OF THE HOLY SEE IN AUGUST
 Vatican City, 3 September 2014 (VIS) - The following is a list of the
activities linked to the Holy See during the month of August 2014:
 12: The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue issues a
declaration on "the reinstatement of the Caliphate", which was
abolished in 1923 by Kamal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, affirming
that opposition to this "reinstatement" by the majority of Muslim
religious and political institutions has not prevented the jihadists of the
"Muslim State" from committing unspeakable criminal acts that
this dicastery, like all those involved in interreligious dialogue, the
followers of all religions and all men and women of goodwill can only
denounce and condemn. It emphasises that "Christians and Muslims have
been able to live alongside one another - certainly with highs and lows -
for centuries, building a culture of co-existence and a civilisation of
which they are proud".
 13: The Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" communicates that, since
the month of June, humanitarian assistance programmes for Iraqi refugees
have been underway. These programmes are organised by the local Church, in
particular via Caritas Iraq, and have already reached 4000 families. Other
national entities of the Caritas family have joined in the efforts, with
the co-ordination of Caritas International.
 21: The Pontifical Council "Justice and Peace" announces that
Pope Francis has chosen the theme for the 48th World Day of Peace 2015,
celebrated every year on 1 January: "Slaves no more, but brothers and
sisters", and commented that in the contemporary world, slavery
assumes many abominable faces: human trafficking, the trade in migrants and
prostitution, forced labour, the exploitation of man by his peers, and the
enslavement of women and children.
 25: The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi,
S.J., issued a communique on the nuncio Jozef Wesoloswki, who appealed
against the first grade canonical sentence of laicisation. The archbishop,
who has already been dismissed from his diplomatic role and therefore no
longer benefits from immunity, may also be subject to trial by other
competent judicial bodies.

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