DECLARATION FROM PRESS OFFICE DIRECTOR

VATICAN CITY, FEB 16, 2001 (VIS) - The director of the Holy See Press Office, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, declared this morning that "Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano met today with Francesco Rutelli, former mayor of Rome. In coming days, he will receive other political figures, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Lateran Pacts, in order to illustrate the expectations of the Holy See on questions concerning collaboration between Church and State at the present moment."

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