VATICAN CITY, NOV 14, 2000 (VIS) - The Jubilee of the Armed Forces and Police will take place this weekend, November 18 and 19, in Rome on the theme "With Christ, Defending Justice and Peace."
On Saturday morning, November 18, at 10 a.m. there will be penitential liturgies for Italian-speaking members of the military and police at the basilicas of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls and St. Mary of the Angels. Services in English will be held in two churches, including Santa Susanna's, the Church for English-speaking Catholics in Rome. Reconciliation rites will be held in Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Polish and Hungarian in six other Rome churches.
At 3:30 p.m. there will be an international Way of the Cross celebrated in the Circus Maximus. At 8 p.m. a concert will be held in the Paul VI Hall in honor of those members of the military and police who work in peace missions.
At 10 a.m. on Sunday, November 19, in St. Peter's Square, Pope John Paul will preside at a Eucharistic celebration for the Jubilee of the Armed Forces and Police. Following the recitation of the angelus at noon, military and police bands will perform in honor of the Holy Father. Eight bands, representing the same number of branches of the miliary and police in Italy will perform, as will bands from Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Holland, Poland, Spain, the United States and Switzerland.
The Jubilee celebrations will conclude at 6 p.m. when all the participants gather in Via della Conciliazione for the evening prayer at 7 in St. Peter's Square.
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