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Friday, February 4, 2005

POPE'S HEALTH IMPROVED, CLINICAL PICTURE IS STABLE


VATICAN CITY, FEB 4, 2005 (VIS) - Today at noon, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls read the following statement to journalists relative to the Holy Father's health:

  "The state of the Holy Father's health has improved.

  "John Paul II is eating regularly.

  "The instrument and laboratory exams confirm the stabilizing of the clinical picture.

  "In light of the favorable evolution of the respiratory pathology, a new communique will be released on Monday, February 7 at 12 noon."

   Navarro-Valls then proceeded to tell the journalists:

  "Tomorrow afternoon, the Pope will follow on television from his hospital room the ceremony for the feast of Our Lady of Trust, patroness of the Roman Major Seminary, which will take place in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican. The speech prepared by the Holy Father will be read by the substitute of the Secretariat of State, Archbishop Leonardo Sandri.

  "As to the Angelus prayer on Sunday, February 6, it is well known that this is an appointment that is very dear to the Holy Father and one which he does not want to miss. Tomorrow I will be able to be more precise regarding the manner in which the Marian prayer will be recited."
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CARDINAL BAFILE DIES AT 101, FUNERAL MASS IS TOMORROW
VATICAN CITY, FEB 4, 2005 (VIS) - The following telegram was sent by Pope John Paul to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the College of Cardinals, upon learning of the death yesterday at 101 of  Cardinal Corrado Bafile:

  "Having learnt the sad news of the death of the venerable Cardinal Corrado Bafile, I wish to express to you and to the entire College of Cardinals my sadness for the demise of this dear brother who spent his whole life for the cause of the Gospel, for the good of the Church and in the service of the Holy See. With profound gratitude I recall his long and generous commitment - first in the Secretariat of State, then as an energetic and competent pontifical representative, and finally as a zealous and esteemed prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints - and I join the common prayer which, in the light of faith in the resurrection, is raised for the repose of the soul of the dear departed cardinal. And, as I invoke the well-deserved heavenly reward promised to His good and faithful servants by the One Who gives all goodness, I send to you, to the cardinals, to the late cardinal's relatives, and to all those who participate in the mourning, a comforting apostolic blessing."

  Tomorrow, Saturday, February 5, at 11 a.m. in St. Peter's Basilica, Cardinal Ratzinger will preside at the funeral Mass of Cardinal Bafile.
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