VATICAN CITY, MAR 27, 2004 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace today published the itinerary for the pastoral visit to Mexico of council president, Cardinal Renato Martino.
His trip, which starts tomorrow and ends April 2, will include the inauguration of the Third World Congress of Families in Mexico City on March 29 and a speech to the congress on Wednesday, March 31. The aim of the world congress, says a council communique, "is to sensitize the government for concrete legislative and social initiatives in defense of the family, the primary and basic cell of society."
On March 29 the cardinal will speak to students and teachers at the Iberoamericana University on the Church's commitment in favor of the poor. He will speak again on poverty in the afternoon to academicians of the Research Institute on Sustainable Development and Social Equity at this same university.
On March 30 Cardinal Martino will visit the Minister for Social Development, dedicating special attention to the problems of indigenous peoples and will visit one of their towns, Aquixtla, near Puebla.
The head of the pontifical council will address the World Congress of Families on Wednesday, March 31 on "The Family, Culture and Globalization." The following day, he will meet with the bishops of Mexico and members of the Episcopal Commission for Social Ministry and, in the afternoon, with the Mexican Institute of Social Doctrine. Before his departure on April 2, Cardinal Martino will meet with the Mexican Minister of Labor and Social Security.
CON-IP/CONGRESS FAMILIES/MEXICO:MARTINO VIS 20040329 (260)
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