WORLD CONGRESS ON CHARITY TO BE HELD IN MAY

VATICAN CITY, APR 16, 1999 (VIS) - "And Above All These Put on Love - Many Forms of Poverty, One Single Response" is the theme of the World Congress on Charity which will be held in Rome from May 12 to 15, and which will end with Mass presided by the Pope on Sunday May 16 in St. Peter's Square.

The congress, promoted by the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum," will be inaugurated by its president, Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes. Some of the themes to be discussed are: "The Needs of Humanity as a Sign of the Times"; "Biblical and Theological Foundations of Charitable Works"; "The Experience of Charity and the Social Doctrine of the Church"; "Charity as an Instrument of Reconciliation."

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