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POPE BENEDICT VISITS HOLY LAND
Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Holy Land from May 8-15 this year, in a trip brimming with significant events including four open-air Masses: in Amman; at the Valley of Josaphat under the Mount of Olives; at Mount Precipice just outside Nazareth; and in Manger Square in Bethlehem.
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Ecumenical Meeting with the Greek Orthodox
Patriarch of Jerusalem
It is with profound gratitude and joy that I make this visit to the
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem; a moment to which I have
much looked forward. I thank His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilus III
for his kind words of fraternal greeting, which I warmly
reciprocate. I also express to all of you my heartfelt gratitude for
providing me with this opportunity to meet once again the many
leaders of Churches and ecclesial communities present.
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Visit to the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem
The hymn of praise which we have just sung unites us with the
angelic hosts and the Church of every time and place – "the glorious
company of the apostles, the noble fellowship of the prophets and
the white-robed army of martyrs" – as we give glory to God for the
work of our redemption, accomplished in the passion, death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. Before this Holy Sepulchre, where the
Lord "overcame the sting of death and opened the kingdom of heaven
to all believers", I greet all of you in the joy of the Easter
season.
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Visit to the Armenian Apostolic Patriarchal
Church of Jerusalem
I greet you with fraternal affection in the Lord, and I offer
prayerful good wishes for your health and your ministry. I am
grateful for the opportunity to visit this Cathedral Church of Saint
James in the heart of the ancient Armenian quarter of Jerusalem, and
to meet the distinguished clergy of the Patriarchate, together with
the members of the Armenian community of the Holy City.
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Mass in Nazareth: The Family Is Essential for
Building a Civilization of Love
VATICAN CITY, 14 MAY 2009 (VIS) - At 8.30 a.m. today the Pope
travelled by helicopter to Nazareth, town of the Annunciation and of
the Holy Family, which is located some 110 kilometres from
Jerusalem. Having landed, the Holy Father continued his journey by
car to the Mount of the Precipice where he celebrated Mass to mark
the closure of Year of the Family, an initiative organised by the
Catholic Church in the Holy Land.
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Benedict XVI Is Star of Hope in Bethlehem,
Vatican Aide Considers Message for Palestinians
BETHLEHEM, West Bank, MAY 13, 2009 (Zenit.org).-
Benedict XVI's visit today to Bethlehem had one principal objective:
to give hope to this sorely tried population, says the delegate
administrator of the Holy See's pilgrimage agency.
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