Armenian Church Focus for ROACO Meeting

(16 June 08 - RV) The annual meeting of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches is underway today at the Vatican.


The R.O.A.C.O. is a committee that brings together funding agencies from various countries around the world for the sake of providing assistance in different areas of life, from worship buildings to scholarships, from houses of study and formation to social and health care facilities.


As the secretary of ROACO, Msgr. Leon Lemmens explains, this year, the committee is looking especially at the Church in the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Armenia…