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March 21, 2012. (Romereports.com) On Sunday March 25th, during the Pope's visit to Mexico, he'll celebrate Mass at the Bicentennial Park, which is located on the foot of a famous mountain know as Cubilete Hill, where a historic monument was built back in the year 1920.
In the early twentieth century, Catholics were persecuted in Mexico during a war. So, precisely to ask God for peace, in the year 1920, the Church built a statue of the Sacred Heart. But eight years later, the monument was destro ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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March 21, 2012. (Romereports.com) The island of Cuba is getting ready to welcome the Pope in more ways than one. The island recently released at least two official songs, that will be sung by locals when the Pope celebrates Mass on the island. One of the songs, translates to “Welcome, Holy Father.” It has a more classical tone, and its lyrics include, 'come with us and share on our table our bread and wine.'The other song, which is more upbeat is titled “Pilgrim of Charity,” ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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March 19, 2012. March 19, 2012. (Romereports.com) During the Angelus, Benedict XVI explained that to be closer to God,
one needs to recognize personal mistakes. He called for Catholics to
practice the Sacrament of Confession, especially now, during Lent. Benedict XVI“As
we continue on our way, we keep our eyes fixed upon our goal, when we
will accompany our Lord on the path to Calvary, so as to rise with Him
to new life.”In
addition, he thanked everyone who prayed for him on the feast da ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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March 19, 2012. (Romereports.com) March 19th is the feast day of St. Joseph. The adoptive father of Jesus, who cared for him and the Virgin Mary.
The day is actually a holiday at the Vatican, since St. Joseph is the patron of the Catholic Church, and of course, since it's also the feast day of the Pope, Joseph Ratzinger. But this year, the day will be celebrated calmly, since the Pope is getting ready for his upcoming trip to Mexico and Cuba in late March.
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March 17, 2012. (Romereports.com)
John Paul II was the first pope to visit the island of Cuba. It took
place in 1998, just over 13 years ago. At that time, Joaquin
Navarro-Valls was the spokesman for the Vatican. He still remembers how
the historic meeting between John Paul II and Fidel Castro developed.He says it was “a unique journey,” that required him to personally meet with Castro before the pope's visit.Joaquín Navarro-Valls
Former Vatican spokesman
“The trip developed very nor ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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March 17, 2012. (Romereports.com) In late March, when the Pope arrives in Mexico the country's ambassador before the Holy See,
will be at Leon's airport to welcome him. It will be a short preview of
celebrations to come during the Pope's three day visit.
“The
Mexico of today will welcome the Pope. Benedict XVI is our Pope and we
are the Mexican people of today. This is the Holy Father of our
generation.” Said Héctor Federico Ling Altamirano, Mexico's Ambassador to the Holy See.
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March 16, 2012. (Romereports.com) On
Friday March 23, Benedict XVI will begin his 23rd international trip.
Over the course of one week, he will visit Mexico and then Cuba. At 9:30
in the morning his plane will depart from Rome's Fiumicino Airport.
During the 14 hour flight, the pope will meet with the press to discuss
the trip.At 4:30 in the afternoon, he will arrive in Leon, Mexico, located in the
central state of Guanajuato. He will be received by President Felipe
Calderón, along with a mariachi ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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March 16, 2012. (Romereports.com) The Pope will travel to Mexico and Cuba from March 23rd to 28th. For all the updates you can follow ROME REPORTS on Facebook and Twitter.
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March 15, 2012. (Romereports.com) All
this excitement is over this three year old Cuban crocodile. It's only
about 40 centimeters long, but it's already having a huge impact. It was
captured illegally in its native Cuba, now it's getting ready to go
back home, just as the Pope himself is getting ready to visit the
island.Eduardo Delgado BermudezCuba's Ambassador to the Holy See“Right now, the crocodile is an illegal immigrant here in Italy, but soon it will go back to its country of origin, to C ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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March 14, 2012. (Romereports.com) In a rare move, the government allowed Habana's Cardinal, Jaime Ortega to talk about the Pope's coming trip
to Cuba in the country's state controlled television air waves. The
information was aired on a outlet called Educational Channel 2.
For roughly 25 minutes,
the cardinal talked about the Pope, explaining that he's visiting Cuba
as a 'pilgrim,' to strengthen a faith that needs to be awakened.
Since the 1959 revolution, the communist government
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March 13, 2012. (Romereports.com) The Pope's visit to Cuba is making history even before it starts. Cuba's government has posted an official website on Benedict XVI's trip.It includes all type of information on his three day visit, including all the prep work in Cuba's Revolution Plaza, where Mass will be celebrated. There's also advice for pilgrims, a detailed calendar and a series of questions and answers about religion in Cuba.
The website also has biographical information on Cuban priest F ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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March 12, 2012. (Romereports.com) (-ONLY VIDEO-) The official song for Benedict XVI's visit to Mexico has been released, it's called “Messenger of Peace”. The anthem was composed by several Mexican singers who wanted to reflect the joy felt in their country and the rest of Latin America for the pope's visit. The video made by 'Televisa' shows images of all the Mexican bishops greeting the pope as well as subtitles to the song.OFL/AEwww.benedictomexico.mxPR ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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March 6, 2012. (Romereports.com) The coming visit of Benedict XVI to Mexico and Cuba
is receiving a lot of attention by the media in Latin America. For the
trip, the Catholic Church will be in the spotlight with different interviews, debates and news stories. In order to prepare Mexican journalists for the pope's visit, the group Mexican Catholic Voices spent a week in the city of Guadalajara training a group of 25 speakers on religion in the media.
After narrowing down the field of a ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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February 28, 2012. (Romereports.com) On
Wednesday, February 29th,
Benedict XVI passed John Paul II in becoming the sixth oldest pope in
the history of the Church, completing 84 years, 10 months, 2 weeks
and 1 day.
The ranking only looks at the popes elected since the year 1400,
because there are no precise records that existed beforehand. This is
according to Anura Guruge, he gathers papal statistics and is the
creator of the web page “Popes and Papacy,” on the history of the popes.Those pop ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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February 21, 2012. (Romereports.com) Next Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent when Catholics bare the
traditional cross of ashes on their forehead, as a sign of penance.
This year, Benedict XVI will receive ashes from Cardinal Josef Tomko,
who will recite “Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt
return.”
For about 1,200 years, tradition marks that Pope usually leave
the Vatican on Ash Wednesday, to celebrate the date in one of Rome's
basilicas.For decades now, ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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February 9, 2012. (Romereports.com)
Since October 2010, Luis Latorre Tapia has served as Ecuador's
ambassador to the Holy See. Here in Rome, he's 6,000 miles away from
the small South American country, he represents.During
his time in Rome, he 'been involved in a partnership with a children's
hospital named Bambino Gesù. The collaboration allows many Ecuadorian
children and even teenagers, to receive medical attention in Italy. Now
the hospital has agreed to provide aid directly to thos ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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January 31, 2012. (Romereports.com)
The Vatican has released the official schedule of the Pope's trip to
Mexico and Cuba. On the morning of Friday, March 23, Benedict XVI will
depart from Rome for the Mexican city of Leon, in the state of
Guanajuato.The next day he will meet with Mexico's president, Felipe Calderon, as well as hundreds of local children. It's expected to be the most colorful event of the trip.Then on Sunday morning, the pope will celebrate Mass with an expected crowd of some 400,000 peopl ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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January 8, 2012. (Romereports.com)
For about two and a half years, Paraguay didn't have an ambassador to
the Holy See. But a few weeks ago, that all changed. Now Esteban
Kriskovich is taking on that post. He
presented his credentials to the pope on December 19, 2011. During that
short meeting, the new ambassador and Benedict XVI talked about
politics, religion and even their personal lives. Stephen KriskovichParaguay's Ambassador to the Holy See“He's
very paternal, very tender, very cha ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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January 2, 2012. (Romereports.com)
Benedict XVI will visit Latin America from March 23rd to the 28th.
Parts of his schedule were recently published by Mexico's Episcopal
Conference. On March 23rd, the pope will depart from Rome.
That very day he'll arrive at Leon's airport, where he'll be greeted by
Mexico's president Felipe Calderon. There he'll also be welcomed by the
city's bishop as well as other religious, civil and military
authorities. During his visit, the pope will stay at the Residence of ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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December 31, 2011. (Romereports.com) In December, the Pope celebrated a Mass in Spanish at St. Peter's
Basilica to commemorate the 200th anniversary of independence in Latin
America. It was a beautiful Mass held with music that included Creole, a
truly rare sight at the Vatican.The pope also announced that in the spring of 2012 he would travel to Mexico and Cuba.Benedict XVI“I have the intention to undertake an apostolic journey before Easter to Mexico and Cuba.”In December this impressive gift f ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Pope in Mexico & Cuba) |
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