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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