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01 Mar 1997 – On 13 December 1996, Pope John Paul II and Karekin I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, signed a declaration at the Vatican expressing a common understanding of the humanity and divinity of Christ.
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01 Mar 1997 – Our Amman office has made a grant to Al-Hayat Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, following a meeting with Sister Bushara Faraj and Sister Brigette Shamoun, members of the Dominican community, who manage the 25-bed hospital.
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01 Mar 1997 – The Eritrean Catholic Church, in particular its two new eparchies, Barentu and Keren, were the focus of the semiannual meetings of funding agencies that assist the Eastern churches, or ROACO, held in Rome from 27 to 29 January.
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01 Mar 1997 – The Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, Achille Cardinal Silvestrini, traveled to the five Eastern Catholic eparchies in Eritrea and Ethiopia from 6 to 14 February.
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01 Mar 1997 – Father Giuseppe Pasotto, C.S.S., has been named Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus for Latins.
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01 Mar 1997 – The Holy See has erected two new eparchies for the Eastern Catholic churches in India.
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01 Mar 1997 – Father Guido Gockel, M.H.M., has been named Associate Director of our Jerusalem office. A member of the St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill, the Holland native spent may years as a missionary in Malaysia.
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01 Mar 1997 – On 13 February, we suffered the loss of Mr. Richard Cashin. A retired foreign service officer who volunteered in our New York office, he guided the development of CNEWA’s grant proposal to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which contributed major support for our relief and resettlement activities in Lebanon.
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