Polish pact with Vatican completed

WARSAW - Poland's parliament may ratify a long-delayed treaty with the Vatican in time for a visit by Pope John Paul next month…

WARSAW - Poland's parliament may ratify a long-delayed treaty with the Vatican in time for a visit by Pope John Paul next month, after the cabinet approved a compromise decal yesterday

The Prime Minister, Mr Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, signed a declaration clearing up issues which had held up ratification. Parliament's refusal to ratify the treaty, signed by a previous pro-Catholic centreright government in 1993, has long been contentious.

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