Nomination of three special delegates of the Pope
(August 27, 2011) Pope Benedict XVI has named three special delegates, Cardinal Tomko retired Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, for the concluding celebrations of the six hundred years since the occurrence of the Eucharistic Miracle of Ludbreg, Croatia, that happened in the castle chapel in 1411. The priest celebrating Mass that day had doubted the truth of the consecration. Soon after, the wine had turned into blood, which is still preserved. The celebration of the anniversary will take place on September 4th next. Likewise the Pope has appointed Cardinal . Giovanni Battista Re, retired Prefect for the Vatican Congregation for Bishops, as his special delegate for the 25th Italian National Eucharistic Congress at Ancona from 3rd to 11th September. . Finally the Pope has delegated Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino to represent him at the celebration of the one thousand years of the Benedictine Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity at Cava in southern Italy founded by St Alferio Pappacarbone who had a vision of the Trinity in the form of three rays issuing from a rock. He retired to that spot 1011 to pray and contemplate. He died in 1050. The celebration will take place on 4th September next.
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