Vatican
City, 11 September 2013 (VIS) – On 22 September Pope Francis will
visit Cagliari, on the Italian island of Sardinia, as was announced
during the general audience of 15 May, when it was affirmed that a
long-standing bond of brotherhood existed between the cities of
Buenos Aires and Cagliari. “At the moment of the founding of the
city of Buenos Aires, its founder wanted to name it 'City of the Most
Holy Trinity', but the sailors who had brought him there were
Sardinian and they wanted it to be called 'City of the Virgin of
Bonaria'. There was an argument and, in the end, they arrived at a
compromise. Thus the city's name turned out to be rather long: 'City
of the Most Holy Trinity and Port of Our Lady of Bonaria'. Since it
was so long, only the last word remained: Bonaria, Buenos Aires, in
memory of your image of the Virgin of Bonaria”.
The
aeroplane carrying the Pope will depart at 7.30 a.m. from Ciampino
airport, Rome, and will land 45 minutes later at Mario Mameli
airport, Cagliari. At 8.45 a.m., in the city of Cagliari, he will
meet with and address representatives from the world of work; he will
then greet the island's authorities and, at the Shrine of Our Lady of
Bonaria, will visit the sick and celebrate Holy Mass at 10.30 a.m.
At
1 p.m. he will lunch with the bishops of Sardinia in the Regional
Pontifical Seminary of Cagliari and at 3 p.m. in the Cathedral he
will meet with the poor and some detainees. An hour later, in the
Great Hall of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology, he will encounter
some representatives from the world of culture and at 5 p.m.,
following the performance of “Cast your nets”, he will meet with
young people in Largo Carlo Felice. The Pope will leave Sardinia at
6.30 p.m. and will return to the Vatican at 7.30 p.m.
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