Tuesday, September 2, 2008

PASTORAL VISIT OF BENEDICT XVI TO CAGLIARI, ITALY

VATICAN CITY, 2 SEP 2008 (VIS) - On Sunday 7 September, Benedict XVI is due to make a pastoral visit to the Italian city of Cagliari, which lies on the island of Sardinia.

  The Holy Father will depart from Rome at 8.30 a.m. whence an hour-long flight will take him to Cagliari. At 10.30 a.m. he is scheduled to celebrate Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria after which he is due to visit the chapel of the city's regional seminary.

  At the seminary he will have lunch with bishops of Sardinia before going on to the cathedral of Cagliari to meet with priests, seminarians and the community of the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sardinia, to whom he will pronounce an address.

  At 6.15 p.m. the Pope will meet with young people in Piazza Yenne. His return flight to Rome is due to depart at 7.30 p.m.
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