The Traveling Pope
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:54 AM
Holy Cross Catholic Church in Nicosia, Cyprus. (cypruscatholicchurch.org)
The Government of the Republic of Cyprus announced today that Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Mediterranean island nation in June 2010.
Details of the announcement are available here, at terrasanta.net. The website reports, “According to informed sources, the main purpose of the visit, to take place 4-6 June, will be to deliver to Church leaders from across the Middle East a summary of issues... READ MORE
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Benedict’s Reality Czech
Posted by Edward Pentin
Monday, September 28, 2009 9:47 AM
A central and recurring theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic visit to the Czech Republic, which wrapped up today, was one that has long been close to his heart: the importance of the truth and the search for it.
“The presidential flag flying over Prague Castle proclaims the motto ‘Pravda Vítězí – the Truth wins,’” the Pope said on Saturday on arrival at Prague airport. “It is... READ MORE
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Pope to Visit Malta
Posted by Edward Pentin
Monday, September 14, 2009 2:43 PM
A lighted cross stands at the edge of the Grand Harbor in Valletta, Malta in March 2007. (CNS)
Pope Benedict XVI is planning to make an apostolic visit to Malta next April to commemorate 1,950 years since St. Paul’s shipwreck there, according to a press release issued by Malta’s bishops on Saturday.
The visit would be the third papal trip to the Mediterranean island nation, after Pope John Paul II’s visits in 1990 and 2001.
St. Paul was shipwrecked in the archipelago in the year 60,... READ MORE
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Rabbis Welcome Papal Visit
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, May 06, 2009 3:03 PM
Pope Benedict XVI greets Rabbi Jack Bemporad in St. Peter's Square in 2005.
Rabbis and other Jewish leaders are expressing support for Pope Benedict XVI’s historic May 8-15 papal visit to the Holy Land.
Two hundred rabbis and other Jewish leaders have signed an open letter of welcome to the Pope, on the occasion of his trip to Israel.
The letter, with the names of all the Jewish leaders who have signed it, will be published as a full two-page ad in the Israeli... READ MORE
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The Papal Pilgrim of Peace
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, May 04, 2009 8:35 AM
Here at the Register we’re all set to ramp up our regular papal coverage, to report on Pope Benedict XVI’s Holy Land trip.
The Pope will depart for his week-long trip to sites in Jordan and Israel May 8. The Holy Father is undertaking the voyage, he said yesterday in Rome, as a “pilgrim of peace.”
Our Holy Land correspondent, Jerusalem-based Michele Chabin, will be reporting in detail for... READ MORE
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Benedict’s Israel Itinerary
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:58 AM
Pope John Paul II at Jerusalem's Western Wall in 2000. Pope Benedict XVI will visit there May 12. (CNS/ Reuters)
Here is the detailed itinerary for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit next month to Holy Land sites in Israel, as released this week by the Israel Government Press Office.
The Pope also will visit Jordan during his May 8-15 Holy Land trip.
Monday, May 11
11:00 Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, Official Welcoming Ceremony
12:05 Arrival at Mount Scopus helipad, Jerusalem. Welcoming Ceremony by Jerusalem... READ MORE
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Benedict in America
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:45 PM
(Pope2008.com)
Exactly one year ago today, Pope Benedict XVI set foot on American soil for the first time as pope.
The Pope’s visit was a joyous triumph, and nowhere was this chronicled better than here at the Register by our very own Pope2008.com website.
Go here to view our coverage, starting from our first post as the Holy Father alighted from his plane at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington,... READ MORE
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