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    | This is the VATICAN echo.  It contains principally news releases   |   
    | from the Vatican Information Service (V.I.S.) [AKA "VIS" in News   |   
    | Release/AP-UPI format.]  The V.I.S. is located in Vatican City,    |   
    | Italy (Rome).  The V.I.S. is a Holy See (part of the Roman         |   
    | Catholic Church) information system instituted within the          |   
    | framework of the Holy See Press Office which furnishes information |   
    | on the pastoral and magisterial activity of the Holy Father and    |   
    | the Holy See.  V.I.S. deals primarily with the acts and            |   
    | nominations of the Holy Father; syntheses of his homilies and      |   
    | speeches, presentations and communications relative to documents   |   
    | written by the Holy Father or departments of the Apostolic See,    |   
    | Holy See activities (congregations, councils, synods, etc.); and   |   
    | communiques and positions taken by the Holy See normally made      |   
    | public through the Press Office.  During the month of August when  |   
    | VIS is closed other pertinent articles will be posted to the Echo. |   
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    The rules are simple:   
      
    1)  The VATICAN echo is read-only in nature and is provided for   
    information purposes only.   
      
    2)  Please do not post messages to the echo.  The Moderator is the   
    only person authorized to post.   
      
    3)  Folks that repeatedly violate rule #2 may be subject to a link   
    cut.   
      
    4)  If you must communicate something to the Moderator, please do   
    so in NetMail or e-mail.  All "moderation" messages will be sent   
    via routed netmail to Nodelisted systems or to the BossNode of   
    Point systems with a carbon copy to the Point.   
      
    5)  If you use any of the material posted in this echo for articles   
    in any publication, observe international copyright laws and   
    _credit_the_source_.  (VIS, not the echo.)   
      
    6)  These rules are subject to revision at any time by the   
    Moderator.  Updates are posted on a regular basis to the ECHOLIST   
    robot.  Rules are posted to the echo on a monthly basis on or about   
    the 25th of the month.   
      
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