CARDINAL CASSIDY TO LAY CORNERSTONE OF ECUMENICAL CENTER

VATICAN CITY, DEC 3, 1999 (VIS) - Cardinal Edward Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, will lay the cornerstone blessed by Pope John Paul II of the "El Salvador" Chapel and Ecumenical Center in Oliva, Spain, on Sunday, December 5.

"This chapel is an initiative of the archdiocese of Valencia to promote ecumenism in the Third Millennium," states a communique released today by the pontifical council. "The chapel will serve particularly the numerous tourists who come to the region throughout the year. On December 4, Cardinal Cassidy will preside at and address a colloquium whose theme is 'Nuevos espacios ecumenicos en el contexto de la Europa de hoy' (New ecumenical spaces in the context of Europe today)."

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