Vatican, Italy
On the 26th of February 2008, the Holy See Press Office informed that from 2 to 6 March, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. will at the invitation of the religious and civil authorities make a visit to Armenia, in the course of which he will have the opportunity to express the closeness of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to the Catholic faithful in Armenia.
The cardinal will meet the government authorities of Armenia and will be received by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, to whom he will consign a Letter signed by Pope Benedict XVI. In the Letter, the Holy Father expresses his regards and his desire for the Catholic Church to continue the ecumenical journey alongside the Armenian
Apostolic Church.