The Pope's Week

AUDIENCES

Saturday Nov. 7:

Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

Monday, Nov. 9: Jorge Arturo Cardinal Medina Estevez, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments.

Tuesday, Nov. 10:

Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature.

Wednesday, Nov. 11:

Archbishop Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, secretary of the same council.

Thursday, Nov. 12:

Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.

Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, archbishop of Montreal, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Canada, accompanied by Bishop Gerald Wiesner of Prince George, vice-president, and secretaries Fr. Emilius Goulet PSS, and Msgr. Peter Scholnenbach PH

Friday, Nov. 13:

Carlos Saul Menem, president of the Republic of Argentina, accompanied by his entourage.

Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Monday, Nov. 9:

Approved the election of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, as vice-dean of the College of Cardinals. The election was held by the cardinals of the Order of Bishops on Nov. 6.

Tuesday, Nov. 10:

Appointed Msgr. Thomas Yeh Sheng-Nan, councilor of the apostolic nunciature in London, as apostolic nuncio in Sri Lanka, elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Kaohsiung, China, in 1941, was ordained a priest in 1971.

Wednesday, Nov. 11:

Appointed Bishop Jose Vieira de Lima TOR of Maraba, as bishop of Sao Luis de Caceres, Brazil.

Thursday, Nov. 12:

Appointed Bishop Anthony O'Connell of Knoxville, as bishop of Palm Beach

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis