Cardinal Egan, Synod General Relator, To Return to U.S.

VATICAN CITY, OCT 23, 2001 (VIS) - It was announced this morning by Cardinal Jan Schotte, C.I.C.M., secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, that "the General Relator of the Tenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Cardinal Edward Michael Egan, archbishop of New York, after having presided last October 11th in his cathedral at a commemoration of the victims of the September 11 terrorist massacre, finds himself in the upsetting situation of having to leave the Synodal Assembly to return to his faithful, where his presence is required by necessity."

Vatican Information Service
23. oktober 2001