(CCCB -- Ottawa) -- Radio Vatican, as part of celebrations for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, has offered internships to a number of Canadians. The interns will serve up to two months each with the Vatican broadcaster, covering various Jubilee activities.

The internship program called "Radio Jubilee Youth" was offered to young adults between the ages of 20 to 30 either studying or working in the field of social communications and with an interest in the Church. The interns, from all continents, will be working in Rome beginning in November 1999 until January 2001. They will work as reporters, news readers and carry out other journalistic duties.

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, at the request of project organizers, furnished a list of ten candidates of which seven so far have been selected. They are Katia Klanac - Montreal (November 1999-January 2000), Dave Tremblay - Quebec (December 1999-January 2000), Michael Pereira - London (February-April 2000), Mario Bard - Montreal (June-August 2000), Sylvain Bédard - Quebec (July- September 2000), Anthony Palma - Toronto (September-November 2000) and Christina Parsons - Montreal (November-December 2000.

Radio Vatican, founded in 1931, offers daily programming in 34 languages. Listeners can tune into Radio Vatican via shortwave, FM, satellite, or on the Internet.