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April 3, 1999
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President of Italy Visits Adventist Rest Home

Rome, Italy - The President of the Italian 
Republic, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, made an official 
visit to the Seventh-day Adventist rest home "Casa 
Mia" on March 23.

The Rest Home "Casa Mia"(My Home), managed by 
Giovanni Benini, was built from tax returns 
assigned to the Seventh-day Adventist Church by 
the Italian government. Currently the rest home 
has a capacity of 74 beds, with a new wing under 
construction.

A statement issued by the Seventh-Day Adventist 
Church in Italy thanked "the President of the 
Republic for the harmonious attitude demonstrated 
towards religious minorities  throughout the 
period of his mandate." [99/09/04]