SOUTH VIETNAM: PAPAL PEACE MISSION ATTENDS CONFERENCE OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE BISHOPS

Record ID: 350133

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: PAPAL PEACE MISSION ATTENDS CONFERENCE OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE BISHOPS
  • Date: 4th October 1966
  • Summary: OFFICE OF ARCHBISHOPS OF SAIGON; BISHOPS AWAITING ARRIVAL OF ARCHBISHOP PIGNEDOLI; ARRIVAL OF PIGNEDOLI. Initials GM/V/BHH/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 19th October 1966 13:00
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  • Location: SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVA5RGIJWZS9M8LRGBRFUV7CHZK9
  • Story Text: A CONFERENCE OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE BISHOPS OPENED LAST FRIDAY (30 SEPTEMBER) IN SAIGON. AMONG THOSE ATTENDING WERE THE MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL VATICAN PEACE MISSION TO VIETNAM, HEADED BY ARCHBISHOP SERGIO PIGNEDOLI, APOSTOLIC DELEGATE TO CANADA.

    PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO DISCUSS VIETNAMESE CHURCH PROBLEMS IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECENT VATICAN COUNCIL. ARCHBISHOP PIGNEDOLI, 56, IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF POPE PAUL, WITH WHOM HE HAD TALKS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE FLYING TO SAIGON LAST WEEK.

    THE ARCHBISHOP'S TRIP TO SOUTH VIETNAM FOLLOWS A SERIES OF EFFORTS BY THE POPE IN THE PAST YEAR TO SECURE AN END TO THE VIETNAM WAR.
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