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   CONGRESS MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF CODE OF EASTERN CANON LAW   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 7 OCT 2010 (VIS) - This morning in the Holy See Press Office, a   
   press conference was held to present a forthcoming congress marking the   
   twentieth anniversary of the publication of the Code of Canons of the Eastern   
   Churches. The congress is due to take place on 8 and 9 October.   
      
   Participating in today's press conference were Archbishop Francesco   
   Coccopalmerio, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts;   
   Archbishop Cyril Vasil S.J., secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental   
   Churches; Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru, secretary of the   
   Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, and Fr. Michael J. Kuchera, dean of   
   the Faculty of Eastern Canon Law at the Pontifical Oriental Institute.   
      
   In his remarks Archbishop Coccopalmerio explained how the congress is being   
   organised by the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts in collaboration with   
   the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, the Pontifical Council for   
   Promoting Christian Unity and the Pontifical Oriental Institute. The meeting,   
   he said, will be divided into three sections each of which will deal with one   
   of three major themes: the historical evolution of Eastern Canon Law, the   
   legislative activity of the Eastern Churches, and the ecumenical aspects of   
   Eastern Canon Law.   
      
   The congress will be attended more than four hundred participants, including   
   experts, canon lawyers, professors and students. Representatives from the   
   Orthodox world will also be present, as will members of other Churches and of   
   non-Christian confessions.   
      
   The congress will come to an end on Saturday 9 October when the participants   
   are due to be received in audience by the Holy Father.   
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