Vatican City--the Pope spent time in September meeting various heads of state and governments.Vatican City Vatican City (văt`ĭkən), independent state (2005 est. pop. 900), 108.7 acres (44 hectares), within the city of Rome, Italy, and the residence of the pope, who is its absolute ruler. -- The Pope spent time in September meeting various heads of state and governments. On September 12 he met with the King and Queen of Jordan, a meeting that the monarch said focused on the Mideast crisis and problems linked to religious freedom. For its part, the Vatican gave no details on the meeting. Pope Benedict has named Lebanese-born prelate PRELATE. The name of an ecclesiastical officer. There are two orders of prelates; the first is composed of bishops, and the second, of abbots, generals of orders, deans, &c. Bishop Mounged El-Hachem, of the maronite Eparchy ep·ar·chy n. pl. ep·ar·chies A diocese of an Eastern Orthodox Church. [Greek eparkhi of Baalbek-Deir-El-Ahmar, as apostolic nuncio NUNCIO. The name given to the Pope's ambassador. Nuncios are ordinary or extraordinary; the former are sent upon usual missions, the latter upon special occasions. to a number of Persian Gulf states. He replaces retiring Archbishop De Andrea. The Vatican has responded to a demand by the UN chief prosecutor who claimed that the Catholic Church was harbouring in a monastery a former Croatian general wanted for atrocities against Serb civilians by his troops in 1995. The Vatican insists that checks have failed to find him, and asks the UN to provide specific information. |
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