VISIT OF HOLY SEE DELEGATION TO VIETNAM

VATICAN CITY, JUN 18, 2001 (VIS) - At midday today, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls, in a declaration released this morning, said that "a Holy See delegation made up of Msgrs. Celestino Migliore, under-secretary for Relations with States and Barnaba Nguyen Van Phuong, bureau chief at the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, returned to Rome yesterday following a six-day visit to Vietnam."

The delegation met both religious and governmental authorities. With the latter, said Navarro-Valls, "the appointment of bishops was discussed; some of these will be made public shortly, while for others, a response from the Vietnamese side is expected in the near future."

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