VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - # 94
DATE 22-05-2014

Summary:
- PONTIFICAL ACTS
- CARDINAL KELVIN EDWARD FELIX TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS TITULAR CHURCH
- THE PONTIFICAL MUSICAL CHOIR OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL TO SING IN MOSCOW
- AUDIENCES

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 PONTIFICAL ACTS
 Vatican City, 22 May 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:
 - appointed as members of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia the following
cardinals, created during the consistory of 22 February 2014:
 1. In the Congregation for the Oriental Churches: Cardinal Secretary of
State Pietro Parolin; Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols, archbishop of
Westminster, Great Britain; Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, archbishop of
Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;
 2. In the Congregation for the Causes of Saints: Cardinal Lorenzo
Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops; Cardinal Beniamino
Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy;
 3. In the Congregation for Bishops: Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro
Parolin; Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols, archbishop of Westminster, Great
Britain; Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Citta della
Pieve, Italy; Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod
of Bishops; Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the
Clergy;
 4. In the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples: Cardinal
Secretary of State Pietro Parolin; Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung,
archbishop of Seoul, Korea; Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouedraogo,
archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;
 5. In the Congregation for the Clergy: Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols,
archbishop of Westminster, Great Britain; Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti,
archbishop of Perugia-Citta della Pieve, Italy; Cardinal Andrew Yeom
Soo-jung, archbishop of Seoul, Korea;
 6. In the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the
Societies of Apostolic Life: Cardinal Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, archbishop of
Quebec, Canada; Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa, archbishop of Abidjan, Cote
d'Ivoire; Cardinal Gerard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the
Congregation for the Clergy;
 7. In the Congregation for Catholic Education: Cardinal Orani Joao
Tempesta, archbishop of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Cardinal
Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Chile; Cardinal
Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith; Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the
Clergy;
 8. In the Pontifical Council for the Laity: Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa,
archbishop of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire; Cardinal Orani Joao Tempesta,
archbishop of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Cardinal Mario
Aurelio Poli, archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 9. In the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity: Cardinal
Vincent Gerard Nichols, archbishop of Westminster, Great Britain; Cardinal
Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Citta della Pieve, Italy;
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith;
 10. In the Pontifical Council Justice and Peace: Cardinal Leopoldo Jose
Brenes Solorzano, archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua; Cardinal Jean Pierre
Kutwa, archbishop of Abidjan. Cote d'Ivoire; Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo,
archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines; Archbishop Chibly Langlois, bishop of
Les Cayes, Haiti;
 11. In the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue: Cardinal Gerald
Cyprien Lacroix, archbishop of Quebec, Canada; Cardinal Philippe
Nakellentuba Ouedraogo, archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Cardinal
Orlando B. Quevedo, archbishop of Cotabato Philippines;
 12. In the Pontifical Council for Culture: Cardinal Gerald Cyprien
Lacroix, archbishop of Quebec, Canada; Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller,
prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
 - appointed as adviser of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, and
the following as members of the same Pontifical Commission: Cardinal
Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano, archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua; Cardinal
Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Chile; Cardinal
Cardinal Chibly Langlois, Vescovo di Les Cayes, Haiti.

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 CARDINAL KELVIN EDWARD FELIX TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS TITULAR CHURCH
 Vatican City, 22 May 2014 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of
the Supreme Pontiff today announced that on Saturday, 31 May, at 6.30 p.m.,
Cardinal Kelvin Edward Felix, archbishop emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia,
will take possession of the title of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle
(Via Tommaso De Vio, 5).

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 THE PONTIFICAL MUSICAL CHOIR OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL TO SING IN MOSCOW
 Vatican City, 22 May 2014 (VIS) - The Pontifical Musical Choir of the
Sistine Chapel, known as "the Pope's choir", will sing in Moscow
on 25, 26 and 27 May. The initiative forms part of an ecumenical project
that has already seen the participation of the Anglican Choir of
Westminster Abbey (2012) and the Lutheran TomanerChor of Leipzig (2013) in
the solemn celebration of Saints Peter and Paul on 29 June.
 This year, the Synodal Choir of the Patriarchate of Moscow will sing in
the Vatican basilica during the celebration of the patron saints. Prior to
this event, the Pontifical Musical Choir of the Sistine Chapel will travel
to Moscow, where it will sing on 25 May in the Catholic Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On 26 May the Pontifical
Musical Choir of the Sistine Chapel and the Choir of the Patriarchate of
Moscow will rehearse together in preparation for the Eucharistic
celebration of Saints Peter and Paul, to take place in the Vatican on 29
June. On the same day, both choirs will perform traditional Orthodox and
Catholic religious music in the Armoury of the Kremlin. The concert is
organised by the Patriarchate of Moscow.
 Finally, on 27 May, in the Great Hall of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Conservatory, the Pontifical Musical Choir of the Sistine Chapel and the
Synodal Choir of Moscow will perform in a concert of religious music in
honour of the fifth anniversary of Patriarch Kirill's enthronement.

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 AUDIENCES
 Vatican City, 22 May 2014 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Italy.
 - Eighteen prelates of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, on their "ad
limina" visit:
 Bishop Pedro Vazquez Villalobos of Puerto Escondido;
 Bishop Jose Armando Alvarez Cano, prelate of Huautla;
 Bishop Hector Guerrero Cordova, S.D.B., prelate of Mixes;
 Archbishop Constancio Miranda Weckmann of Chihuahua;
 Bishop Jesus Jose Herrera Quinonez of Nuevo Casas Grandes;
 Bishop Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C., of Parral;
 Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M., of Tarahumara;
 Archbishop Jose Ulises Macias Salcedo of Hermosillo;
 Bishop Felipe Padilla Cardona of Ciudad Obregon;
 Archbishop Hipolito Reyes Larios of Jalapa;
 Bishop Rutilo Munoz Zamora of Coatzacoalcos;
 Archbishop Alfonso Cortes Contreras of Leon;
 Bishop Jose Benjamin Castillo Plasencia of Celaya;
 Bishop Faustino Armendariz Jimenez of Queretaro;
 Archbishop Rafael Romo Munoz of Tijuana;
 Archbishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzaran of Yucatan;
 Bishop Jose Francisco Gonzalez Gonzalez of Campeche;
 Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cardenas, L.C., prelate of Cancun-Chetumal.

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