DECLARATION ON U.S. PRISONER CONDEMNED TO DEATH

VATICAN CITY, JUL 25, 2000 (VIS) - Asked by journalists to comment on the situation of Rocco Derek Barnabei, a prisoner condemned to die in Virginia, U.S.A., in August, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls said today:

"Last December the Holy Father sent the governor of Virginia, through the apostolic nuncio in the United States of America, an indication of his interest in Rocco Derek Barnabei. Now, in the spirit of the Jubilee, John Paul II has once again - through the offices of the apostolic nuncio - solicited the adoption of an act of clemency with regard to Mr. Barnabei."

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