THE POPE DEPARTS FOR MEXICO CITY

VATICAN CITY, JAN 22, 1999 (VIS) - The Pope left Rome's Fiumicino airport at 9:00 a.m. for Mexico, where he is due to arrive at 3:15 p.m. local time (10:15 p.m Rome time). Following a welcome ceremony at Mexico City International Airport, John Paul II will leave for the Apostolic Nunciature, where he will sign the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of the Special Assembly for America, and will spend the night.

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