October 2003″ “

2 Audience of the Pope to the President of Lithuania Rolandas Paksas – Annual Assembly (2-5) of the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE), at Vilnius (Lithuania) 3 Ecumenical ceremony on the occasion of the “German Day of Unity” at Magdeburg 4 Audience of the Pope to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams – Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) in Rome 8 Meeting-debate to mark the 120th anniversary of the French Catholic daily La Croix, on the theme “A Christian view of current affairs”, chaired by Cardinal Roger Etchegaray in Rome – “Prize for the Catholic Media” of the German Episcopal Conference – International Congress of Catholic Laity (8-12) , promoted by the Pontifical Council for the Laity and addressed at the delegates of the Churches of Eastern Europe, in Kiev 11 International retreat for priests with the title “Totus Tuus” (11-15), at Lourdes, organized by the Holy See’s Congregation for the Clergy 12 Celebrations to the mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the diocese of Stockholm – “Pontifical Day”, in Poland 13 Visit “ad Limina Apostolorum” (13-24) of the Bishops of England and Wales 15 Extraordinary meeting of the 38 Primates of the Anglican Communion (15-16), in London 17 International Congress of “Aid to the suffering Church/Kirche in Not” (17-19), at Königstein (Germany) 19 Beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta – Autumn Plenary Assembly (19-23), of the Croatian Episcopal Conference, at Hvar 23 10th Colloquium organized by the ECCR (European Conference of Christian Radio) (23-26), on the theme “ In an enlarged Europe, Christian radio at the service of new forms of solidarity”, at Bratislava 30 Plenary meeting of COMECE (Commission of the episcopates of the European Community) (30-31), at Brussels 31 Audience of the Pope to the Interior Ministers of the European Union