VATICAN: POPE: DELEGATION TO SOUTH SUDAN AND APPOINTMENT

RADIO VATICANA REPORT:

Holy See press office director Fr. Federico Lombardi issued the following statement Friday: Tomorrow 9 July, the new Republic of South Sudan will be proclaimed in the city of Juba. For this solemn occasion, the Holy Father has sent an official delegation headed by Cardinal John Njue, archbishop of Nairobi and president of the Kenya Episcopal Conference. The delegation, which will also include Archbishop Leo Boccardi, apostolic nuncio to Sudan, and Msgr. Javier Herrera Corona, secretary of the apostolic nunciature to Kenya, will bring the authorities of the new State, and all its citizens many of whom are Catholic, best wishes for peace and prosperity.

As Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, said yesterday when receiving a Sudanese parliamentary delegation led by Ahmed Ibrahim Elthair, president of the Sudanese National Assembly, peace, reconciliation and respect for universal rights (especially religious liberty) are the fundamental pillars upon which to construct the new socio-political circumstances of the region, and vital conditions in order to be able to look to a future of hope.

The Holy See, which has had stable diplomatic relations with the authorities of Khartoum since 1972 and will give due consideration to any request from the government of Southern Sudan, invites the international community to support Sudan and the new independent State so that, through frank, peaceful and constructive dialogue, they may find just and equitable solutions to outstanding questions; at the same time she expresses the hope that those peoples will enjoy a journey of peace, freedom and development.

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APPOINTMENT OF BISHOP TO KENYA

The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Malindi (Kenya) on Rev.do P. Barbara Emmanuel, OFM Cap, Provincial Minister of PP Capuchins in Malta and President of the European Capuchin.

Rev.do P. Barbara Emmanuel, OFM Cap
The Rev.do P. Barbara Emmanuel, OFM Cap, was born October 27, 1949, in Gzira Parish, Archdiocese of Malta. On 19 September 1965 he entered the novitiate, September 26, 1966 he made ​​his first religious profession. After finishing his studies in Malta, was ordained deacon and priest August 5, 1973 July 20, 1974, the Co-Cathedral in Valletta in Malta.
After ordination he held the following positions: 1974-1976: Parochial Vicar San Gwann, Malta, 1976-1978: Studies for the Licentiate in Moral Theology at the ' Alfonsianum in Rome, 1976-1989: Teacher at INSERM (National Institutum Studiorum Ecclesiasticorum Religiosorum Melitensium ), Malta, 1978-1980: Chaplain to ' St. Luke Hospital in Malta, 1980-1983: Higher local Xemxija, Malta, 1981-1983: Rector of INSERM, Malta, 1983-1989: Provincial Minister, Malta, 1990-1996: Director of Training, Nairobi, Kenya, 1990 -1992: Keeper of the formation house in Lang'ata, Kenya, 1990-1992: Professor at College Tangaza, Nairobi, 1992-1994: Studies for a doctorate in moral theology in Rome at the ' Alfonsianum ; 1994-1999: Professor Tangaza the College, Nairobi, 1996-1999: First Vice-Provincial of Kenya, 1999-2008: professor of the Faculty of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi since 2008: he returned to Malta where he the role of spiritual director in a secondary school, and at the same time religious educator of young foreigners in Malta, from 2010: Provincial Minister for the Province of Malta and also President of the European Conference Nasturtium (CENOC).

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SPECIAL appointment of the closing celebrations of the Jubilee Year 375th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF IMAGE Nuestra Senora de los Angeles (Cartago, Costa Rica, August 2, 2011)

The Pope has appointed His Eminence. Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, Archbishop of Monterrey, as his special envoy to the closing celebrations of the jubilee year in the 375 th anniversary of the discovery of the image of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles , Patroness of Costa Rica, taking place in Cartago August 2, 2011.

SOURCE: VATICAN.VA