DECLARATION FROM HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE DIRECTOR

VATICAN CITY, JUN 18, 1999 (VIS) - With reference to various news items that have appeared in the press regarding a letter from the Holy Father to the German bishops on the subject of the presence of Catholic family consultors within the state system, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls today made the following statement:

"I can confirm that the Holy Father has written a letter on this subject to the German episcopacy, whose contents will be made public by the German bishops in the near future."

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