Start of the Bishops' Conference in Vienna

The highlight of the four-day Bishops' Conference in Vienna, led by Archbishop Franz Lackner, is an evening festive service at St. Stephen's Cathedral on Tuesday, to which all believers are invited. Archbishop Lackner will lead the celebration, while his deputy in the Bishops' Conference, the Bishop of Linz, Manfred Scheuer, will deliver the sermon.

Consultation at Bishops' Conference with Caritas Leaders and Meeting with Representatives of Oriental Orthodox Churches

The agenda of the plenary assembly also includes an exchange with the leaders of the diocesan Caritas organizations on Tuesday afternoon at the Vienna Archbishop's Palace. On Wednesday, there will be a meeting of the episcopate with representatives of Oriental Orthodox Churches. Among those present will be the Armenian Apostolic Bishop Tiran Petrosyan, who was recently re-elected as the chairman of the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Austria (ÖRKÖ). Furthermore, during the plenary assembly, there will be a meeting with the Apostolic Nuncio in Austria, Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana, before it concludes on Thursday. Archbishop Lackner will inform about the results of the Bishops' Conference at a press conference on Friday.

(APA/Red)

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