{"id":50642,"date":"2014-05-23T19:29:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T17:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2014\/05\/23\/workers-prepare-amman-stadium-for-saturday-mass-with-pope-francis\/"},"modified":"2014-05-23T19:29:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T17:29:23","slug":"workers-prepare-amman-stadium-for-saturday-mass-with-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2014\/05\/23\/workers-prepare-amman-stadium-for-saturday-mass-with-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers prepare Amman Stadium for Saturday Mass with Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last minute rehearsal under the baking desert sun, and the finishing touches at Amman International Stadium kept organizers busy, less than 24 hours before the Pope's arrival in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Banners welcoming Pope Francis, and the endless rows of seats mark the spot where the Pope will celebrate the largest, most populous event in his three-day trip to the Holy Land.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, just three hours after his arrival, the Pope will celebrate Mass at the Stadium, with a capacity for nearly 30,000 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Workers were busy lining up rows of chairs, or mounting the stage, a make-shift altar for the Mass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Christian refugees from nearby Palestine, Syria and Iraq are expected to attend the Mass at the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>'The refugees, which we are helping, they are focusing in the areas where they can live, economically and socially.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, 1,400 children will receive their First Communion, including a number of refugee children. The liturgy will be in Italian and Arabic.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis will be the second Pope to preside Mass at the Stadium. The first was Benedict XVI during his trip in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>RCA<br \/>\nMG<br \/>\nJM<br \/>\n-PR<br \/>\nUp:RCA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 23, 2014. The stadium is the largest in Jordan, and has capacity nearly 30,000 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/lw7VnOwIup0","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","international_url":"http:\/\/romereports.com.edgesuite.net\/news\/bstadioprepsint.mov","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}