SEVENTEENTH GENERAL CONGREGATION

VATICAN CITY, OCT 21, 1999 (VIS) - The seventeenth general congregation of the Second Special Assembly for Europe began today at 9 a.m. in the Synod Hall. The first vote took place for the election of a post-synodal council and for presenting and voting on the second draft of the Message. The president delegate on duty was Cardinal Paul Poupard. The congregation, which was attended by 161 synod fathers, closed at 10:15 a.m.

This afternoon there will be no general congregation. The relator general, together with the special secretaries and the relators of the work groups, will study the collective amendments to the propositions.

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