VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXVI - # 2   
   DATE 05-01-2016   
      
   Summary:   
   - The Holy Father visits Greccio   
   - Notice   
      
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    The Holy Father visits Greccio   
    Vatican City, 5 January 2016 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon the deputy director   
   of   
   the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Ciro Benedettini C.P., reported on the Holy   
   Father's visit to the Franciscan shrine of Greccio, Italy.   
    In the late morning the Pope travelled by car to Rieti, where he met privately   
   with the bishop Domenico Pompili. In the afternoon, accompanied by the bishop,   
   he left for the shrine of Greccio, arriving shortly before 3 p.m. He greeted a   
   group of young participants in the diocesan meeting "Giovani Greccio 2016".   
    Upon arrival at the shrine he was welcomed by the Franciscan friars, and   
   paused   
   to pray before the fresco depicting the first creche realised in Greccio by St.   
   Francis of Assisi. He then greeted the Franciscan community and, at 3.30 p.m.,   
   departed by car for Rome.   
      
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    Notice   
    Vatican City, 5 January 2016 (VIS) - Tomorrow, Solemnity of the Epiphany of   
   the   
   Lord and a holiday in Vatican City, the Vatican Information Service bulletin   
   will not be transmitted. Service will resume on Thursday 7 January.   
      
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