SECRETARY OF STATE OF VATICAN CARDINAL TARCHIZIO BERTONE IN ARMENIA
Panorama.am
14:28 28/02/2008
On 2-6 of March the secretary of state Vatican cardinal Tarchizio
Bertone arrives in Armenia for a labor meeting with Armenian holly
patriarch. Bertone has fixed meeting with the Supreme Patriarch of
all Armenian Garegin II and will hand Pops written message, where
Benediktos 16 expresses his satisfaction and will to continue church’s
ecumenical way together with Armenian Apostolic Church.
Azeri media attributing to Vatican media secretariat announced that
the cardinal will leave for Azerbaijan after and stay there till 9
March. Here he will take part in the opening ceremony of Catholic
Church and meet with the president of the country Ilhaam Aliev.
The mission of the visit is to contribute to the development of the
relations between these two countries.