(23 May 05 - RV) On Monday evening, the Vatican Secretary of State Angelo Sodano will
preside at a ceremony of blessing for the new abbot of the Basilica of Saint Paul's
Outside-the-Walls. Father Edmund Power, from the Benedictine community of Douai
Abbey in England, was elected abbot of the patriarchal Basilica in April. His election
was confirmed by Pope Benedict on May 9th. Father Power told us about the importance
of the Apostle Paul in the Church of Rome.