POPE WILL TAKE REMINDER OF BROOKLYN BACK TO ROME
When Pope Benedict XVI leaves John F. Kennedy Airport Sunday evening and returns
to Rome on “Shepherd One,” he will carry with him a replica of the massive
stained glass window of the Immaculate Conception that adorns St. James
Cathedral Basilica in Brooklyn.
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VICE PRESIDENT TO JOIN POPE AT
DEPARTURE CEREMONY
Pope Benedict XVI
will be joined by Vice President Richard and Mrs. Lynne Cheney for the Farewell
Ceremony at JFK Airport when the Holy Father concludes his Apostolic Journey to
the United States on Sunday evening, April 20.
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SET ETHNIC THEME FOR
PAPAL DEPARTURE
People from ethnic cultures of other parts of the world,
ranging from Asia and the Americas to Africa and Europe, will display their
diversity at the farewell ceremony when Pope Benedict XVI concludes his
apostolic journey to New York at Kennedy International Airport Sunday evening,
April 20.
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MUSIC WILL
FILL THE AIR WHEN HOLY FATHER VISITS
The guests attending the arrival and
departure ceremonies at Kennedy Airport for Pope Benedict XVI when he comes to
New York in April will witness the musical talents of 250 singers and musicians
drawn from parishes and schools throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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BROOKLYN DIOCESE
WELCOME SET FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI
When Pope Benedict XVI arrives at JFK
Airport on Friday morning, April 18, to begin the second segment of his six-day
apostolic journey to the United States, greeting him as he descends the stairs
from his Alitalia carrier will be Cardinal Edward Egan of New York, Archbishop
Celestino Migliore, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United
Nations, and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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