{"id":4034,"date":"2006-12-12T10:57:31","date_gmt":"2006-12-12T10:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/gypsies.html"},"modified":"2006-12-12T10:57:31","modified_gmt":"2006-12-12T10:57:31","slug":"gypsies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/gypsies.html","title":{"rendered":"Gypsies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A meeting began in the Vatican for national directors who oversee the pastoral care of Gypsies. <\/p>\n

The meeting, which opened today, is focusing on relations with the itinerant population that numbers 36 million worldwide, half of them in India. <\/p>\n

The purpose of the meeting is to study and stimulate the implementation of the "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of Gypsies," the first document<\/a> of the Church, in its universal dimension, dedicated to gypsies and published on Dec. 8, 2005, by the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers. <\/p>\n

The organizing Vatican dicastery stated in a communiqu\u00e9 that the meeting is being attended by the national directors of all those countries in which there is a specific pastoral program for Gypsies. Included are European countries, the United States, Mexico, Brazil and India. <\/p>\n

Participating in the meeting for the first time are representatives from Bangladesh, Chile, the Philippines and Indonesia. <\/p>\n

The Gypsies, known by different names, such as Romany, constitute a specific ethnic group which probably originated in northwestern India. In Europe alone their number oscillates between 9 million and 12 million, primarily in Eastern Europe. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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