Pastoral of migration and beatification of 498 martyrs. These are the main subjects addressed by the Permanent Committee of the Spanish Bishops Conference, which ended in Madrid yesterday. Mgr. José Sánchez González, bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara and president of the Bishops Conference for Migration, submitted to the Permanent Committee the draft of the document, "The Church in Spain and the Pastoral of Migration", which contains the comments of the bishops about these subjects. The text will be voted at the next meeting in November. The bishops also announced that some celebrations will be organised for the 40th anniversary of the encyclical Populorum Progressio. A celebratory symposium will also be held for the occasion at the Paul VI Foundation of Madrid plus a message on the Encyclical. In the meantime, cardinal Antonio M.Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid, announced that the beautification of 498 martyrs of the XX century, which had been planned in San Paolo Fuori le Mura, will probably be moved to Saint Peter’s Square, in the Vatican, because of the high number of pilgrims expected to attend the ceremony.
