Thursday, September 17, 2009

CARDINAL BERTONE MEETS ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER


VATICAN CITY, 17 SEP 2009 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today:

  "This morning Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, met with Emil Boc, prime minister of Romania. The prime minister was received by the Holy Father Benedict XVI at the end of the general audience yesterday, 16 September.

  "The cordial discussions enabled a fruitful exchange of opinions to take place concerning the current international situation, with particular focus on certain aspects of bilateral co-operation between the Holy See and Romania. Some important questions concerning relations between the Catholic Church and the Romanian State were also touched upon. In this context, the secretary of State expressed an interest in, among other things, the situation of St. Joseph's Cathedral in Bucharest and of Catholic communities in Romania".
OP/MEETING ROMANIAN PREMIER/BERTONE             VIS 20090917 (160)


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