THE ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS VISITING ROME AND THE VATICAN

On Tuesday November 25th – goes on the Vatican Radio Station, relaying the official news of the visit of the Armenian Catholicos of Rome and the Vatican –, Vespers will be officiated in the Basilica di San Bartolomeo at Isola Tiberina. On the occasion, Aram I will bring a memorial of the Armenian martyrs and will attend a time of prayer in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere. The day after, the Catholicos, his retinue and the about fifty Armenian devotees who will have come to Rome for the occasion will be in Rome for a general audience with Benedict XVI. The visit will include, goes on the official release, several meetings with other authorities of the Roman Curia, in particular talks with cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Papal Council for the Promotion of the Unity of Christians. “An outstanding event – concludes the Vatican Radio Station – will be Catholicos’ visit to Pontificia Università Urbaniana, where he will chair academic proceedings in his honour”.

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