Tuesday, April 30, 2002

CARDINAL ETCHEGARAY TO GO TO JERUSALEM ON SPECIAL MISSION

VATICAN CITY, APR 30, 2002 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls made the following declaration:

"Due to his concern for peace in the Holy Land, for those Christian communities and for the Israeli and Palestinian people, John Paul II has decided to send Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president emeritus of the Pontifical Councils for Justice and Peace and 'Cor Unum', on a special mission to Jerusalem. The cardinal will depart from Rome tomorrow, Wednesday May 1, and will stay in Jerusalem at the residence of Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the pontifical representative."

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