Schedule announced for Pope’s trip to Portugal

CWN - March 26, 2010

The Holy See Press Office on March 25 announced the details of the Holy Father’s apostolic journey upcoming apostolic journey to Portugal. The journey, which will begin on May 11 and conclude on May 14, will commemorate the tenth anniversary of the beatification of Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, to whom Our Lady of Fatima appeared in 1917.

Pope Benedict will arrive in Lisbon on May 11, travel to Fatima on May 12, and stop in Gaia and Porto on May 14 before returning to Rome.

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