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OFFICIAL VISIT OF CARDINAL RENATO RAFFAELE
MARTINO FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN
His Eminence Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino will make an official visit to
Cardinal
Martino is the President for the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and
the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant
Peoples. Cardinal Martino has been
appointed as the Special Envoy of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to
celebrations to be held in
During
his visit, Cardinal Martino will call on President S R Nathan and Senior
Minister Goh Chok
Tong. Foreign Minister George Yeo will also meet and host a lunch in honour of Cardinal
Martino.
Cardinal
Martino will also give a public lecture entitled "The Role of Religions in
Promoting Peace and Solidarity and Denouncing Terrorism" organised by the
Institute of Policy Studies. Minister
for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan,
will deliver the introductory remarks at the lecture. In conjunction with this event, Minister Balakrishnan and Cardinal Martino will meet with community
and religious leaders of
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