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The ROACO Begins, with Father Pizzaballa also in Attendance

June 23, 2011

Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa was at the Vatican today to take part in the meeting of the ROACO (Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches).

The 84th meeting of the ROACO will end tomorrow, Friday June 24. Scheduled guests include the Custos of the Holy Land, the Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem Mons. Antonio Franco, the Coptic Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Antonios Naguib and the newly-elected Maronite Patriarch, Bechara Boutros Rai.

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