COOPERATORES VERITATIS
POPE RECEIVES GENERAL
SECRETARY OF COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
Vatican City, 22
January, 2013 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father received in audience the General Secretary
of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, His Excellency
Nguyen Phu Trong. Following the audience with the Pope, First Secretary Trong
and his entourage then went on to meet with Cardinal Secretary of State
Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti,
secretary for Relations with States.
His Excellency Nguyen Phu Trong
This is the first time that a general secretary of
the Communist Party of Vietnam has met with the Supreme Pontiff and other
administrators of the Secretariat of State. During the course of cordial
discussions, topics of interest to Vietnam and the Holy See were covered,
expressing the hope that some pending situations may be resolved and that the existing
fruitful cooperation may be strengthened.
Source: V.I. S. - Vatican Information Service - www.visnews.org
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