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| | Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | For 38 years Archbishop Renato Martino has traveled the world: from the Philippines to Lebanon, and from Canada to Brazil, Thailand, Singapore, Laos and Malaysia, but for the past 14 years the Archbishop has been the Vatican's Permanent Observer at the U.N. headquarters in New York. |
 | | In the interview, Archbishop Martino disclosed that "during the debate, before adopting the resolution, I gave an address which, beyond a diplomatic or political statement, was a homily on Jesus Christ. |
 | | In this regard, Archbishop Martino could not hide his sadness over the role played by the European Union, which at the last minute sounded the retreat, abandoning the amendment proposed by Mexico in favor of a moratorium on executions over the year 2000. |
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