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   PROGRAMME OF TRIP TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, BARCELONA   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 24 SEP 2010 (VIS) - Given below is the programme of Benedict   
   XVI's forthcoming apostolic trip to Spain, which is due to take him to the   
   cities of Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona from 6 to 7 November.   
      
   The Pope will depart from Rome's Fiumicino airport at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday 6   
   November, arriving in Santiago de Compostela at 11.30 a.m. where he will   
   pronounce an address and meet the Prince and Princess of Asturias.   
      
   At 1 p.m. he will visit the cathedral of Santiago and greet the faithful there.   
   At 1.40 p.m. he is due to have lunch in the archbishopric with Spanish   
   cardinals and members of the executive committee of the Spanish Episcopal   
   Conference. At 4.30 p.m. he will celebrate Mass and pronounce a homily for the   
   Compostela Holy Year in the city's Plaza de Obradoiro.   
      
   The Holy Father will depart by plane from Santiago de Compostela at 9.15 p.m.   
   and fly to Barcelona.   
      
   At 9.30 a.m. on Sunday 7 November, Pope Benedict will have a private meeting   
   with the King and Queen of Spain in the Museum Hall of Barcelona's church of   
   the "Sagrada Familia".   
      
   At 10 a.m. the Holy Father will preside at Mass, during which he will   
   consecrate the church of the "Sagrada Familia" and the altar. Following the   
   Eucharistic celebration he will exit the church into the adjoining square of   
   the same name to pray the Angelus and pronounce some words to faithful gathered   
   there.   
      
   Following lunch with cardinals and bishops in the archbishopric of Barcelona,   
   at 5.15 p.m. the Pope will visit the "Obra Benefico-Social Nen Deu", then   
   travel directly to Barcelona airport where the departure ceremony will take   
   place.   
      
   The Pope's flight is due to take off at 7.15 p.m. and is scheduled to land at   
   Ciampino airport in Rome at 8.55 p.m.   
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   SUMMARY   
      
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