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Itinerary
Pope
Benedict XVI will visit England and Scotland on a four-day Papal visit from
16-19 September 2010.
In
addition to the detailed event information below, there will be opportunities to
see the Holy Father in Edinburgh and London travelling the streets in the
Popemobile. The finalised routes will be released in due course
Thursday 16 September
Scotland
When Pope Benedict arrives in the UK, he will visit Scotland where he will be
received by Her Majesty The Queen, members of the Royal Family and people
representing British society in the
Palace of Holyrood House
in
Edinburgh.
Having met the Queen, the Pope will travel to Glasgow where he will celebrate an
open-air Mass at
Bellahouston Park
in the evening and then he will fly from Glasgow to London. The Holy Father will
then be based in London for the remainder of the visit.
Friday 17 September
London
On
the second day of the visit, Pope Benedict is going to
St Mary's University College,
Twickenham, where there will be three aspects to his visit. The first is that he
begins the day praying with representatives of religious congregations -
particularly those who have a charism for education and a history of education.
He
will then go and meet 3,000 young people - schoolchildren, students - to
celebrate Catholic education. From there he will then meet with religious
leaders and people of religious faith in the
Waldegrave Drawing Room and Walpole House.
He will discuss with them religion and belief in our society.
Later in the day, the Pope is scheduled to meet with the
Archbishop of Canterbury
at
Lambeth Palace
in the presence of the Anglican diocesan bishops and the Catholic diocesan
bishops of England and Wales.
He
has then been invited, as part of the State visit, to address British society.
Representatives of British society will be invited to
Westminster Hall
to hear the Pope's address.
He
will finish off the day with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Christian leaders
at
Westminster Abbey
to celebrate Evening Prayer. The Holy Father will also pray at the
Grave of the Unknown Warrior
and also at the
Shrine of St Edward the Confessor.
Saturday 18 September
London
On
the third day of the visit, Pope Benedict will celebrate Mass in
Westminster Cathedral
where he will also, from there, greet the people of Wales.
Later in the day he will visit a home for older people, giving the Pope an
opportunity to go to those who cannot meet with him, and then be present at an
open air Vigil of prayer in London's
Hyde Park.
Sunday 19 September
Birmingham
The final
day of the visit is focused very much on the beatification of Cardinal John
Henry Newman, and the Pope will celebrate that beatification in Cofton Park in
Birmingham - adjacent, fittingly, to Rednal where Cardinal Newman was buried and
the place where Newman and his community came for rest and recreation in the
Lickey Hills.
Pope Benedict will conclude the day by meeting with the bishops of England,
Scotland and Wales in
Oscott College
before returning to Rome from Birmingham Airport.
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