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   INITIATIVES OF THE HOLY FATHER OVER THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 14 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office today announced two   
   initiatives of the Holy Father over the Christmas period.   
      
   In the atrium of the Vatican's Paul VI Hall at 1 p.m. on Sunday 26 December,   
   the Pope will offer luncheon to people assisted by the various Roman   
   communities of the Missionaries of Charity, to mark the hundredth anniversary   
   of the birth of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta.   
      
   At 5 p.m. on Wednesday 5 January, eve of the Epiphany, the Holy Father will   
   visit children in Rome's Gemelli hospital. He will bless a new centre for the   
   care of children with spina bifida and participate in the distribution of   
   presents to the young patients.   
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