Full schedule for Pope's September trip to Austria
Vatican, Aug. 3, 2007 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican has released the official schedule for the September 7-9 trip to Austria by Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news).The Holy Father will have a full schedule, including two public Masses, during the weekend trip. The highlight of the visit will be the Pope's visit to the Mariazell shrine, which is celebrating its 850th anniversary.
The Pope will leave Rome's Ciampino airport on Friday morning, September 7, for the flight to Vienna, arriving there at 11:15. After an aiport welcoming ceremony, he will take the "popemobile" into Vienna at midday, stopping in the Am Hof square to lead the Angelus and offer his greetings to the Austrian public.
From there the Pope will continue to the Juden Platz, to pray at a memorial to Austrian victims of the Holocaust. Then he will proceed to the residence of the apostolic nunciature, where he will be staying for the weekend.
On Friday evening the Pope will make a courtesy call on Austria's President Heinz Fischer at the Hofburg Palace, then meet there with members of the diplomatic corps, before returning to the nunciature for the night.
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