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February 15, 2010

Vatican Information Service made this announcement this morning:

VATICAN CITY, 15 FEB 2010 (VIS) - During the course of the day the Holy Father is meeting with prelates of the Irish Episcopal Conference in the Bologna Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The meeting began this morning at 9.30 a .m. and is scheduled to conclude at 7 p.m.

I was wondering how to pronounce the name of the meeting hall: \\b?-'l?-nyä\\ or \\b?-'l?-n?\\

Read the news story here: Irish bishops, pope begin summit on sex abuse

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