Thursday, November 27, 2008

POSSIBILITY OF PAPAL TRIP TO HOLY LAND UNDER EXAMINATION

VATICAN CITY, 27 NOV 2008 (VIS) - In response to an article that appeared in an Israeli newspaper concerning a forthcoming trip by the Pope to the Holy Land, Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. made the following declaration:

  "I can confirm that contacts exist at a diplomatic level between the Holy See and Israel to study the possibility of a trip by the Pope to the Holy Land next year".
OP/POPE TRIP HOLY LAND/LOMBARDI                    VIS 20081127 (90)

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