PRESS OFFICE: NO PLANS NOW FOR PAPAL TRIP TO MONGOLIA

VATICAN CITY, FEB 28, 2003 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls told journalists this morning that "the president of the Republic of Mongolia, during his encounter in the Vatican on June 5, 2000, invited the Holy Father to visit his country. The inauguration of the Catholic cathedral in the capital city was put forth as a possible motive for the trip. At the moment there is neither a program nor a date for such a trip by the Holy Father."

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