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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 62
DATE 23-03-2012
Summary:
- THE POPE BEGINS HIS TWENTY-THIRD APOSTOLIC TRIP UNDER THE SIGN OF HOPE
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THE POPE BEGINS HIS TWENTY-THIRD APOSTOLIC TRIP UNDER THE SIGN OF HOPE
Vatican City, 23 March 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI today began his twenty-third
apostolic trip abroad, which is taking him to Mexico and Cuba. The Holy Father
departed from Rome's Fiumicino airport at 9.30 a.m. and is due to land at Leon
in the Mexican
State of Guanajuato at 4.30 p.m. local time (11.30 p.m. in Rome). Leon is the
fourth largest city in Mexico and lies at the geographical centre of the
country.
The Holy Father will remain in Mexico until 26 March, during which time he
will lodge in the Miraflores College, an educational institution named after a
Carthusian monastery in Burgos, Spain, and run by the Sisters Servants of the
Blessed Eucharist and
of the Mother of God. The Pope's three days in Mexico will be divided as
follows: On Saturday he will meet Federal President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa,
then greet and bless children and faithful in Leon's Plaza de la Paz. At 10
a.m. on Sunday he will
preside at Mass in the Parque Bicentenario and, that evening, preside at
Vespers in the cathedral of Leon. He is due to depart for Cuba on Monday 26
March.
In his weekly editorial for "Octavia Dies", Holy See Press Office Director Fr.
Federico Lombardi S.J. enumerates the reasons for the Pope's trip to Mexico
and Cuba: The bicentenary of the independence of the peoples of Latin America;
the Mexicans'
enthusiastic desire to welcome the Pope; the twentieth anniversary of
diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Holy See, and the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of the image of "Nuestra Senora de la Caridad del
Cobre" in Cuba, with its
concomitant Holy Year.
However, Fr, Lombardi notes, "this voyage to the heart of the Americas also
has a specific purpose. It will be a journey of hope. Hope for Mexicans, a
people with immense resources and potential, but currently afflicted by
serious problems which weigh
on their present and future, first among them the problem of violence".
The Holy See Press Office Director also speaks of "hope for Cubans, who feel
they are on the threshold of what is potentially a new epoch, in which John
Paul II's words on the reciprocal openness of Cuba and the world may be
realised in a climate of
development, freedom and reconciliation".
Finally, Fr. Lombardi mentions "the hope of all Latin America, where a Church
committed to the 'continental mission' launched at the Aparecida Conference,
wishes to continue making her inspirational contribution to the progress of
the continent, so that
human and Christian values may guarantee integral human development, despite
the difficulties and dangers of our time".
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VISnews120323
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 62DATE 23-03-2012
Summary: - THE POPE BEGINS HIS TWENTY-THIRD
APOSTOLIC TRIP UNDER THE SIGN
OF HOPE
THE POPE BEGINS HIS TWENTY-THIRD APOSTOLIC TRIP UNDER THE SIGN OF HOPE
Vatican City, 23 March 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI today began his
twenty-third apostolic trip abroad, which is taking him to Mexico and Cuba.
The Holy Father departed from Rome's Fiumicino airport at 9.30 a.m. and is due
to land at Leon in the Mexican
State of Guanajuato at 4.30 p.m. local time (11.30 p.m. in Rome). Leon is the
fourth largest city in Mexico and lies at the geographical centre of the
country.
The Holy Father will remain in Mexico until 26 March, during which time he
will lodge in the Miraflores College, an educational institution named after a
Carthusian monastery in Burgos, Spain, and run by the Sisters Servants of the
Blessed Eucharist
and of the Mother of God. The Pope's three days in Mexico will be divided as
follows: On Saturday he will meet Federal President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa,
then greet and bless children and faithful in Leon's Plaza de la Paz. At 10
a.m. on Sunday he will
preside at Mass in the Parque Bicentenario and, that evening, preside at
Vespers in the cathedral of Leon. He is due to depart for Cuba on Monday 26
March.
In his weekly editorial for "Octavia Dies", Holy See Press Office Director
Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. enumerates the reasons for the Pope's trip to
Mexico and Cuba: The bicentenary of the independence of the peoples of Latin
America; the Mexicans'
enthusiastic desire to welcome the Pope; the twentieth anniversary of
diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Holy See, and the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of the image of "Nuestra Senora de la Caridad del
Cobre" in Cuba, with its
concomitant Holy Year.
However, Fr, Lombardi notes, "this voyage to the heart of the Americas also
has a specific purpose. It will be a journey of hope. Hope for Mexicans, a
people with immense resources and potential, but currently afflicted by
serious problems which
weigh on their present and future, first among them the problem of
violence".
The Holy See Press Office Director also speaks of "hope for Cubans, who
feel they are on the threshold of what is potentially a new epoch, in which
John Paul II's words on the reciprocal openness of Cuba and the world may be
realised in a climate of
development, freedom and reconciliation".
Finally, Fr. Lombardi mentions "the hope of all Latin America, where a
Church committed to the 'continental mission' launched at the Aparecida
Conference, wishes to continue making her inspirational contribution to the
progress of the continent, so
that human and Christian values may guarantee integral human development,
despite the difficulties and dangers of our time".
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
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