” “Next Monday, May 15th (at 5 pm, Synod Room, Vatican City), a speech by card. Camillo Ruini, president of Cei, will open the 56th General Meeting of the Italian Bishops. This will be followed by the address of the apostolic nuncio to Italy and the bishops from the foreign Bishops Conferences. The meeting will probably include an audience with the Holy Father, Benedict XVI. The items on the agenda of the meeting include a reflection on the problematic issues and the prospects of the live and ministry of the presbyter for a missionary community in a changing world; guidance and regulations for primary seminars; the journey of preparation and the schedule of the 4th National Church Meeting (Verona, 16-20 October 2006); the presentation and approval of the Italian translation of the Martyrs’ Calendar. Juridical and administrative reports will concern the revision of some methods for calculating the clergy’s remunerations; the sharing and allocation of moneys coming from the donation of 0.8 per cent for the year 2006; the final balance sheet of Cei for the year 2005. In addition, the bishops will be given information and details about the establishment of the Day for the Protection of Creation and the 45th Social Week of Italian Catholics (Pistoia-Pisa 11-14 October 2007). The agenda will also include some pastoral proposals for paying "special attention to the young" in the run-up to the XXIII World Youth Day due in Sydney in 2008, the initiatives under way in the area of social communication, the journey and the work of the Churches in Europe.” “
