VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - # 133
DATE 17-07-2014

Summary:
- POPE TO VISIT CASERTA ON SATURDAY 26 AND MONDAY 28 JULY
- POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES AN AUTOGRAPHED "ALBICELESTE" SHIRT
- IN MEMORIAM

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 POPE TO VISIT CASERTA ON SATURDAY 26 AND MONDAY 28 JULY
 Vatican City, 17 July 2014 (VIS) - Pope Francis will visit the city of
Italian city of Caserta on 26 and 28 July, the Holy See Press Office
confirmed today. In the afternoon of Saturday 26, upon invitation by the
bishop of the diocese Giovanni D'Avise, he will meet with the Catholics of
the city and celebrate the Mass of St. Ann, probably in the park of the
Royal Palace of Caserta. The Holy Father will return to the Vatican that
night and on Sunday 27 he will pray the Angelus with the faithful in St.
Peter's Square, as usual. On Monday, 28 July, he will return to Caserta to
pay a private visit to his friend, the Protestant pastor Giovanni
Traettino, and his community.

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 POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES AN AUTOGRAPHED "ALBICELESTE" SHIRT
 Vatican City, 17 July 2014 (VIS) - The players of the Argentine national
football team have given Pope Francis an "Albiceleste" shirt
signed by all the members of the team. Although Argentina fell at the final
hurdle during the final of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, losing 1:0 to
Germany in extra time, the team said they were confident the Pope thought
of them throughout the tournament.
 A large-scale wall photo of the team with the Pope was installed by the
Asociacion de Futbol Argentino (AFA) at the Brazilian sports complex where
the team trained during the World Cup, a snapshot taken when the team
visited Pope Francis in the Vatican, on the occasion of the friendly match
against Italy in his honour.

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 IN MEMORIAM
 Vatican City, 17 July 2014 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent weeks:
 - Bishop Guy Gaucher O.C.D., auxiliary emeritus of Bayeux-Lisieux, France,
on 3 July at the age of 84.
 - Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C., emeritus of Broome, Australia, at the age of 94.
 - Bishop Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz, emeritus of Santo Angelo, Brazil, on 6
July at the age of 86.
 - Bishop Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B., auxiliary emeritus of Buenos Aires,
Argentina, at the age of 100.
 - Bishop Pietro Nonis, emeritus of Vicenza, Italy, at the age of 87.

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