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Monday, September 4, 2006

HOLY SEE-RELATED ACTIVITY IN AUGUST

VATICAN CITY, SEP 4, 2006 (VIS) - Following is a chronological presentation of Holy See-related activities for the month of August:

- 12: Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi C.S., permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and International Institutions in Geneva, intervened in the Second Special Session of the Council for Human Rights, dedicated to the situation in Lebanon.

- 16: Conclusion of the visit to Lebanon by Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, whom the Pope had sent to that country.

- 23: Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano sent a Letter in the Pope's name to participants in the 57th Italian National Liturgical Week, being celebrated in Varese from August 21 to 25.

- 31: Publication of a communique from the eighth meeting of the Special Council for Oceania of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. The meeting was held in Suva, Fiji Islands on August 4 and 5 and considered the implementation of the Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Ecclesia in Oceania."
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