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The Vatican announces the programme of Pope Benedict XVI in Mexico and Cuba
posted on: Feb 1 2012 8:12 by RDugey. Viewed 12 times.
The Vatican unveiled Tuesday the official program of the trip of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and Cuba, from 23 to March 29, that provides for necessary resting times for a man of 84 between speeches and displacements.
The Pope wants to make this trip, despite the tiredness that he has cause to have direct contact with millions of Spanish-speaking Catholics, after having done so with the lusoparlantes, when he visited Brazil in 2007.
According to the official agenda of the twenty-third voyage of Benedict XVI, the Pope will leave Rome and reach Guanajuato International Airport Friday, March 23.
The great Pontiff will be received by the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón. Not scheduled any meeting more until Saturday afternoon, in order to allow Pope Benedict XVI recovering from fatigue resulting from the change of time zone.
Saturday, March 24, Calderon will receive it in the city of u000aGuanajuato, chosen because the Pontiff not contested to the capital, because the altitude could affect your health.
That same day greet children and worshippers who gather in the Plaza de la Paz, in Guanajuato.
The morning of Sunday 25, Benedict XVI will offer a mass in bicentennial Park, in the same region, while in the Cathedral of León, in the afternoon, it will lead a Vespers prayer and a message to Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The late John Paul II began his papacy in 1979 with a trip to Mexico, nation who visited on five occasions.
Monday, March 26, Benedict XVI will be heading to Santiago de Cuba (Southeast), where will be a two day visit. The Pope will be welcomed by President Raúl Castro.
The Pontiff records the day after the first of the two masses which take place on the island, dedicated to the 400 years of the appearance of the image of the Virgin of the copper charity patron u000aNational.
On Tuesday, the Pope will make a private visit to the sanctuary of the Virgin of charity copper, a few kilometers to the Northwest of Santiago.
He will then travel to Havana, where will receive it Cardinal Jaime Ortega.
After meeting with Raul Castro in the capital, it is possible to say hello to the brother of the President, Fidel Castro.
The second mass in Cuba her records on 28 Wednesday, final day of his visit, in the Plaza of the revolution in Havana, symbol of political power in Cuba.
The aircraft of the Pope intends to land on the morning of Thursday at the airport of Roma Ciampino.
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