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Friday, February 18, 2000

SERVICE TO COMMEMORATE ABRAHAM SET FOR VIGIL OF PAPAL TRIP

VATICAN CITY, FEB 18, 2000 (VIS) - A Commemoration of Abraham, "our father in the faith," presided over by Pope John Paul II, will be held in the Paul VI Hall on Wednesday, February 23, 2000 at 10:15 a.m. it was announced today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.

Heads of curial offices will join the Holy Father in this moment of prayer on the vigil of his pilgrimage to places linked with the history of salvation. The Pope leaves for Egypt on February 24 and will be at St. Catherine's on Mount Sinai, the principal focus of his first Jubilee Year pilgrimage, on February 26.

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