Wednesday, February 6, 2008

POPE RECEIVES IN AUDIENCE THE PRESIDENT OF SLOVENIA

VATICAN CITY, 6 FEB 2008 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office today released the following communique:

  "Late this morning, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience Danilo Turk, president of the Republic of Slovenia. The president subsequently went on to meet Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., who was accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.

  "The talks provided an opportunity to examine a number of matters concerning the current international scene, in particular the situation in the Balkans, also in the light of the Slovenian presidency of the European Union (January-July 2008). At a bilateral level, mention was made of the good relations that exist between Slovenia and the Holy See, as well as of a number of unresolved questions between the State and the Church and the desire to promote their satisfactory solution".
OP/AUDIENCE/SLOVENIA:TURK                VIS 20080206 (150)


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