JOHN PAUL II'S PASTORAL VISIT TO INDIA AND GEORGIA

VATICAN CITY, OCT 4, 1999 (VIS) - The program of John Paul II's pastoral visit to India and Georgia, due to take place from November 5 to 9, has been made public.

The Pope will arrive in New Delhi on the evening of Friday, November 5. During his stay in that city he will sign the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of the Special Assembly for Asia. He will celebrate a Mass for the conclusion of the synod and will meet representatives from other religions and other Christian confessions.

On Monday, November 8, he will travel to Tbilisi, Georgia, where he will meet with His Holiness Ilia II, Catholicos Patriarch of all Georgia, and with members of the Holy Synod. On November 9 the Holy Father will meet representatives from the world of culture and science and that same evening will return to Rome.

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