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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

POPE TO TRAVEL TO AUSTRIA FROM SEPTEMBER 7 TO 9

VATICAN CITY, JUL 3, 2007 (VIS) - Benedict XVI is due to make an apostolic trip to Austria from September 7 to 9, for the 850th anniversary of the foundation of the Shrine of Mariazell.

  The visit to the Marian shrine located in the foothills of the Austrian Alps, the most popular in central Europe, will take place on September 8, Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin.

  It will be the Holy Father's second apostolic trip outside Italy of 2007, following his journey to Brazil in May when he visited Sao Paulo and Aparecida for the Fifth General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean.

  The official program of the Austria trip is to be published soon.
OP/APOSTOLIC TRIP AUSTRIA/...                VIS 20070703 (140)


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