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CARDINAL RENATO R. MARTINO, president of the Pontifical Council "Justice and Peace," will travel to Uganda from May 31 to June 4 to visit, among others places, the cities of Gulu, Kalongo and Kitgum, where armed conflicts still persist. The cardinal will meet the authorities, "Justice and Peace" organizations, and representatives of religious and lay associations involved in social work, and he will visit refugee camps and hospitals for victims of the war which has lasted for 18 years. On June 3, he is scheduled to preside at a Eucharistic celebration in Namugongo in honor of Ugandan martyrs, on the feast day of St. Charles Lwanga and 21 companions, canonized by Paul VI in 1964.

THE FINAL DOCUMENT HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED of the sixteenth Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples. The meeting was held from May 17 to 19 at the Rome headquarters of the dicastery. During the sessions, the members and consultors reflected upon the necessity and methods of ecumenical, inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue in the context of human mobility. Among the conclusions reached was the urgent need that such dialogue become a driving element for peace and harmony among nations and civilizations.
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