VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXVI - # 2
DATE 05-01-2016

Summary:
- The Holy Father visits Greccio
- Notice

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 The Holy Father visits Greccio
 Vatican City, 5 January 2016 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon the deputy director
of
the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Ciro Benedettini C.P., reported on the Holy
Father's visit to the Franciscan shrine of Greccio, Italy.
 In the late morning the Pope travelled by car to Rieti, where he met privately
with the bishop Domenico Pompili. In the afternoon, accompanied by the bishop,
he left for the shrine of Greccio, arriving shortly before 3 p.m. He greeted a
group of young participants in the diocesan meeting "Giovani Greccio 2016".
 Upon arrival at the shrine he was welcomed by the Franciscan friars, and
paused
to pray before the fresco depicting the first creche realised in Greccio by St.
Francis of Assisi. He then greeted the Franciscan community and, at 3.30 p.m.,
departed by car for Rome.

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 Notice
 Vatican City, 5 January 2016 (VIS) - Tomorrow, Solemnity of the Epiphany of
the
Lord and a holiday in Vatican City, the Vatican Information Service bulletin
will not be transmitted. Service will resume on Thursday 7 January.

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