MAPUTO MEETING ON RECONCILIATION AND PREVENTION OF CONFLICT

VATICAN CITY, AUG 25, 2000 (VIS) - Archbishop Francois-Xavier Van Thuan and Bishop Diarmuid Martin, respectively president and secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, are in Maputo, Mozambique, taking part in a meeting promoted by their dicastery on the theme of reconciliation and the prevention of conflict.

The aim of the meeting, which began on August 22 and runs to August 27, is "to share with the African Church, a number of experiences of the Latin American Church in the difficult area of reconciliation between divided communities."

Fifteen bishops from Africa and another 15 from Latin America are taking part in the meeting, along with representatives from the United States and a number of experts. The end of the meeting will be marked by a Eucharistic celebration presided by Cardinal Alexandre Jose Maria dos Santos O.F.M., in the stadium of Maputo.

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