VATICAN: Cardinal Bertone Heads To Armenia

CARDINAL BERTONE HEADS TO ARMENIA

Vatican Radio
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March 4 2008
The Vatican

(4 Mar 08 – RV) Pope Benedict XVI has sent the Holy See’s Secretary
of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, to Armenia, for ecumenical
encounters and visits with the leaders and faithful of the Church in
full communion with Rome. The Cardinal-Secretary’s visit comes at a
politically tense moment in the country, after election disputes at
the week-end erupted into violence and the military was called in to
restore order. The Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia, Archbishop Claudio
Gugerotti spoke with us about the ongoing tension and the importance
of the Cardinal Secretary’s visit…