The sermon to be delivered at a mass
celebrating the Jubilee of Deacons scheduled at 9 am Sunday at
St Peter's Basilica has been prepared by Pope Francis even
though he is hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli, the Vatican Press
Office said on Saturday.
The homily will be read by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the
pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization and Vatican
organizer of the Holy Year on behalf of the pontiff.
A reported 23 deacons will be ordained during the mass to be
celebrated by the archbishop.
Meanwhile, the pontiff is continuing to work while in hospital
with the Vatican Press Office announcing in its bulleting
several new appointments on Saturday.
In particular, the pontiff named Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz,
archbishop emeritus of Warsaw, his special envoy to the
celebrations for the 1,000th anniversary of the crowning of King
Boleslaw Chrobry, scheduled to be held on April 26-27 2025 in
Gniezno, Poland, also the year of the 1025th anniversary of the
first Polish archdiocese and metropolitan see in the same city.
The pope also accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of
the metropolitan archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal, presented by
Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye, who is retiring, appointing Bishop
André Gueye, until now bishop of Thiès and apostolic
administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal, as metropolitan
archbishop of Dakar, the bulletin said.
Francis received the resignation from the metropolitan
archdiocese of Corrientes, Argentina of Archbishop Andrés
Stanovnik, who has reached retirement age.
He will be succeeded by Archbishop José Adolfo Larregain,
O.F.M., until now coadjutor archbishop of the same archdiocese.
Finally, the pontiff accepted the resignation from the the
diocese of Maradi, Niger, of Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo,
appointing the Reverend Fr. Ignatius Anipu in his place, the
bulletin said.
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