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MSGR. PIERO MONNI, HOLY SEE PERMANENT OBSERVER to the World Tourism Organization, will address the 42nd meeting of the WTO Regional Commission for Europe which will meet in the Republic of San Marino and in Rimini, Italy from May 19 to 21. The WTO is also sponsoring a seminar on the theme "The Future of Traditional Destinations. Is their Experience Useful to the Emerging Countries of Europe?" The meeting of the Commission will focus on problems linked to the application of the World Code of Ethics for Tourism, and participants will analyze data from 2003 relative to European tourism tendencies.

CARDINALS ANTHONY OLUBUNMI OKOGIE AND TELESPHORE PLACIDUS TOPPO will take possession of their titular churches in Rome this coming weekend. Cardinal Okogie, metropolitan archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria, will take possession of the title of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel on May 22 at 6:30 p.m. Cardinal Toppo, metropolitan archbishop of Ranchi, India, will take possession of the title of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Agony on Sunday, May 23 at 11 a.m.
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