BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

18/06/2008

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone to arrive in Belarus

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will arrive in Belarus at the invitation of the Belarusian Government on June 18.

The Secretary of State of the Holy See is expected to meet with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone is also expected to meet with Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov, Commissioner for Religions and Nationalities Leonid Gulyako, reported Belta.

During the visit to Belarus, Tarcisio Bertone will visit Minsk, Pinsk and Grodno. The religious part of his visit to Belarus includes his meeting with members of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus, a visit to Caritas Centre, the St. Simon and Helen Catholic Church. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will consecrate the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church which is being constructed in Minsk now.

The Cardinal will give a lecture to students of Belarus State University. On June 22 - the Day of the Beginning of the Great Patriotic War - he will lay flowers on the monument in Victory Square. During the final of his visit to Belarus, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will hold a press conference.

The visit of the Vatican Secretary of State will be running through June 22.

Source:

http://news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1226715&lang=EN

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