ACADEMY PLENARY ASSEMBLY TO FOCUS ON GLOBALIZATION

VATICAN CITY, APR 24, 2001 (VIS) - The Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences will hold its seventh plenary assembly in the Vatican from April 25 to 28 on the theme "Globalization and the Common Humanity: Ethical and Institutional Concerns." Thirty-three academicians from all the continents, as well as a number of experts, will take part in the four-day meeting, according to a communique issued by the academy.

The academy was founded in 1994 by Pope John Paul, states the communique, "with the aim of promoting the study and progress of the social, economic, political and juridical sciences, and thus offering the Church the elements which she can use in order to foster and develop her social doctrine." This year is the first time that the academy has studied the theme of globalization.

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