POPE TO TRAVEL TO SLOVENIA ON SEPTEMBER 19

VATICAN CITY, JUL 17, 1999 (VIS) - Made public today was the program of Pope John Paul's pastoral trip to Slovenia, scheduled for September 19.

The Holy Father will depart from Rome's Leonardo da Vinci international airport at 8:25 a.m. and arrive in Maribor at 10. Following a brief welcome ceremony he will celebrate Mass and beatify Servant of God Anton Martin Slomesk on the esplanade of Betnava at Maribor. Thereafter he will pray the angelus.

At 5:30 p.m. he is to visit the cathedral of Maribor and pray at the tomb of the Blessed Slomesk. Later he will meet the president of the Republic at the city's airport where, at 7 p.m., the farewell ceremony will take place.

The Pope's flight will take off at 7:30 and is expected to arrive at Rome's Ciampino airport 90 minutes later.

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