ARMENIAN CHURCH FOCUS FOR ROACO MEETING

Vatican Radio
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June 16 2008
The Vatican

(16 June 08 – RV) The annual meeting of the Reunion of Aid Agencies
for the Oriental Churches is underway today at the Vatican.

The R.O.A.C.O. is a committee that brings together funding agencies
from various countries around the world for the sake of providing
assistance in different areas of life, from worship buildings to
scholarships, from houses of study and formation to social and health
care facilities.

As the secretary of ROACO, Msgr. Leon Lemmens explains, this year,
the committee is looking especially at the Church in the former Soviet
republics of Georgia and Armenia…