Vatican calls ‘summit’ of Eastern churches-CathNews NZ/Pacific

Vatican calls ‘summit’ of Eastern churches

Friday, November 1st, 2013

The Vatican has called a “summit meeting” for the leaders of the Eastern churches in communion with the Holy See, to take place on November 19-22.

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, the prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, said the meeting would allow the leaders of the Eastern churches to “speak before the Pope on the situation of eastern Christians”.

The theme of the meeting will be “The Eastern Catholic Churches fifty years after Vatican Council II”.

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