Benedict XVI… Lebanon’s Exceptional Guest for 3 Days
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As Lebanon dresses with the popery colors :both the white and yellow, the country finished its preparations to receive the exceptional guest: Pope Benedict XVI.
Under the slogan "Message of Peace to the Middle East", the Pope arrives on Friday for a three-day visit to Lebanon.
The head of the Christian church will visit Lebanon after he had accepted the invitation of Lebanese President Michel Suleiman as well as the Eastern Council of Catholic Patriarchs and of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon, to visit the country following the synod on the Middle East in October 2010.
Meanwhile, the visit is welcomed overwhelmingly by the Muslims and Christians of Lebanon. However, it is to take place amid strict security measures due to fears from Syrian crisis repercussions on Lebanon.
Thus, the Lebanese security forces were set on high alert.
The pontiff will arrive at Beirut's International Airport in the afternoon to a 21-gun salute. After his welcoming ceremony, he will travel to Harissa in the mountains northeast of the capital, where he will be staying.
While there, he will sign the final report on a synod of bishops he convened two years ago to study the future of Christians in the Middle East.
On Saturday, the Pope will meet President Michel Suleiman , House Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, as well as Muslim religious leaders and the diplomatic corps in Beirut.
Then, he will meet Lebanese youth at the Maronite patriarchate in Bkirki.
On Sunday, he will celebrate an open-air mass at the Beirut City Center Waterfront and unveil the conclusions of the 2010 synod of bishops.
The Pope is scheduled to deliver at least seven speeches during his 24's abroad visit since he was elected in 2005.
He returns to Rome on Sunday evening.
As Lebanon dresses with the popery colors :both the white and yellow, the country finished its preparations to receive the exceptional guest: Pope Benedict XVI.
Under the slogan "Message of Peace to the Middle East", the Pope arrives on Friday for a three-day visit to Lebanon.
The head of the Christian church will visit Lebanon after he had accepted the invitation of Lebanese President Michel Suleiman as well as the Eastern Council of Catholic Patriarchs and of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon, to visit the country following the synod on the Middle East in October 2010.
Meanwhile, the visit is welcomed overwhelmingly by the Muslims and Christians of Lebanon. However, it is to take place amid strict security measures due to fears from Syrian crisis repercussions on Lebanon.
Thus, the Lebanese security forces were set on high alert.
The pontiff will arrive at Beirut's International Airport in the afternoon to a 21-gun salute. After his welcoming ceremony, he will travel to Harissa in the mountains northeast of the capital, where he will be staying.
While there, he will sign the final report on a synod of bishops he convened two years ago to study the future of Christians in the Middle East.
On Saturday, the Pope will meet President Michel Suleiman , House Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, as well as Muslim religious leaders and the diplomatic corps in Beirut.
Then, he will meet Lebanese youth at the Maronite patriarchate in Bkirki.
On Sunday, he will celebrate an open-air mass at the Beirut City Center Waterfront and unveil the conclusions of the 2010 synod of bishops.
The Pope is scheduled to deliver at least seven speeches during his 24's abroad visit since he was elected in 2005.
He returns to Rome on Sunday evening.
Source: al-Intiqad, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
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