ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MIXED INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE COMMISSION

VATICAN CITY, SEP 14, 2000 (VIS) - Today in Rocca di Papa, Italy - according to a communique from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity - the annual meeting will begin of the Mixed International Dialogue Commission with representatives of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.

The theme being considered by the commission during the present phase of dialogue concerns the notion of the Kingdom of God. The commission has ten members and six consultors appointed by the Pontifical Council and by the World Alliance. On the Catholic side, the commission is presided by Bishop Anthony J. Farquhar, auxiliary of Down and Connor, Ireland, while for the Alliance, the president is Dr. Russel Botman of South Africa.

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