Friday, September 2, 2005

NTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON HOLY SCRIPTURE

VATICAN CITY, SEP 2, 2005 (VIS) - In the Holy See Press Office at 11.30 a.m. on Thursday, September 8, a press conference will be held to present a forthcoming international congress on the theme: "Holy Scripture in the Life of the Church." The congress, due to be held from September 14 - 18, has been jointly organized by the Catholic Biblical Federation and by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity for the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the promulgation of Vatican Council II's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation "Dei Verbum."

  Participating in the press conference will be Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Bishop Vincenzo Paglia of Terni-Narni-Amelia, president of the Catholic Biblical Federation; and Alexander Schweitzer, secretary general of the federation in Stuttgart, Germany.
OP/HOLY SCRIPTURE:DEI VERBUM/KASPER                    VIS 20050902 (150)

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