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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

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CARDINAL NICHOLAS CHEONG JINSUK, METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP of Seoul, Korea, will take possession of the title of Mary Immaculate of Lourdes at Boccea, Via Santa Bernadette 23, Rome, at midday on November 19, according to a communique released today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.

ARCHBISHOP CELESTINO MIGLIORE, HOLY SEE PERMANENT OBSERVER to the United Nations in New York delivered an address on November 13 before the 61st UN General Assembly, which is considering the question of "strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations." In his English-language speech, the archbishop affirmed the importance of "collaboration between coordinators and humanitarian agencies ... in order to formulate agreements and policies which respect the specificities and mandates of the humanitarian agencies while allowing them to continue to operate constructively within a given circumstance."
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