ARCHBISHOP CORDES SENT TO PAKISTAN BY POPE JOHN PAUL

VATICAN CITY, OCT 25, 2001 (VIS) - Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum," will travel to Pakistan from October 25 to 30 at the wish of the Holy Father. "With this visit," a communique states, "John Paul II desires to confirm his closeness to all of the people suffering due to the war, in a special way to the refugees massing in ever greater numbers at the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan."

Archbishop Cordes will meet with the president of the Republic of Pakistan, speak with those in charge of Catholic humanitarian organizations and local Caritas groups, preside over a Eucharistic celebration in the cathedral of Rawalpindi, and visit the refugee camps in Peshawar in order to personally convey the consolation of the Holy Father.

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