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   HOLY FATHER RECEIVES PRESIDENT OF LITHUANIA   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 10 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office released the   
   following communique at midday today:   
      
   "This morning the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience Dalia   
   Grybauskaite, president of the Republic of Lithuania. The president   
   subsequently went on to meet with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone   
   S.D.B. who was accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for   
   Relations with States.   
      
   "During the cordial discussions attention was focused on the positive presence   
   of the Catholic Church in the life and history of the country, with the joint   
   desire being expressed to strengthen existing bilateral relations. Furthermore   
   a fruitful exchange of opinions took place on the role of Lithuania as it   
   prepares to assume the presidency of the OSCE, as well as on the current   
   economic and social situation, with particular reference to families and young   
   people".   
   OP/VIS 20101210 (150)   
      
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