Tuesday, October 10, 2000

PRESS CONFERENCE TO PRESENT THE JUBILEE OF MISSIONS


VATICAN CITY, OCT 10, 2000 (VIS) - Cardinal Jozef Tomko, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will preside at a press conference to be held in the Holy See Press Office on Friday, October 13 at 11:30 a.m. for the presentation of the Jubilee of Missions. Joining him will be Msgrs. Ambrogio Spreafico, rector of the Pontifical Urban University, and Bernard Prince, secretary general of the Pontifical Work for the Propagation of the Faith.

They will present the three principal events of this Jubilee celebration: the Mass presided over by John Paul II in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, October 22 at 10 a.m. for World Mission Day; the World Missionary Congress 2000 which will be held October 18-21 at the Mariapoli Center in Castelgandolfo on the theme "Jesus, Source of Life for All"; the International Missiological Congress, to be held October 17-20 at the Urban University on the theme "Who do you say that I am?"

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