VATICAN CITY, MAY 4, 2007 (VIS) - According to a communique made public today, on Tuesday April 17 at the Ministry of the Exterior in Manila, Philippines, an agreement was signed between the Holy See and the Republic of the Philippines concerning the cultural patrimony of the Catholic Church.
Signing on the part of the Holy See, as plenipotentiary, was Archbishop Fernando Filoni, apostolic nuncio to the Philippines and, for the Republic of the Philippines, Albert G. Romulo, exterior minister.
"This agreement, which consists of six articles," the communique reads, "regulates cooperation between the Holy See and the Republic of the Philippines for the protection of the cultural patrimony of the Catholic Church; in particular for the protection of the colonial churches, museums, archives, libraries and works of art that belong to ecclesiastical institutions and that have a significant historical value."
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