OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, SEP 8, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father, following the indications made by the Synod of Bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church, accepted the resignation from the office of patriarch presented by His Beatitude Jean-Pierre XVIII Kasparian, patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians, in conformity with canon 126, para. 2 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

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