Vatican City, 11
September 2013 (VIS) – On 22 September Pope Francis will visit Cagliari,
on the Italian island of Sardinia, as was announced during the general
audience of 15 May, when it was affirmed that a long-standing bond of
brotherhood existed between the cities of Buenos Aires and Cagliari. “At
the moment of the founding of the city of Buenos Aires, its founder
wanted to name it 'City of the Most Holy Trinity', but the sailors who
had brought him there were Sardinian and they wanted it to be called
'City of the Virgin of Bonaria'. There was an argument and, in the end,
they arrived at a compromise. Thus the city's name turned out to be
rather long: 'City of the Most Holy Trinity and Port of Our Lady of
Bonaria'. Since it was so long, only the last word remained: Bonaria,
Buenos Aires, in memory of your image of the Virgin of Bonaria”.
The aeroplane
carrying the Pope will depart at 7.30 a.m. from Ciampino airport, Rome,
and will land 45 minutes later at Mario Mameli airport, Cagliari. At
8.45 a.m., in the city of Cagliari, he will meet with and address
representatives from the world of work; he will then greet the island's
authorities and, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria, will visit the
sick and celebrate Holy Mass at 10.30 a.m.
At 1 p.m. he will
lunch with the bishops of Sardinia in the Regional Pontifical Seminary
of Cagliari and at 3 p.m. in the Cathedral he will meet with the poor
and some detainees. An hour later, in the Great Hall of the Pontifical
Faculty of Theology, he will encounter some representatives from the
world of culture and at 5 p.m., following the performance of “Cast your
nets”, he will meet with young people in Largo Carlo Felice. The Pope
will leave Sardinia at 6.30 p.m. and will return to the Vatican at 7.30
p.m. (H/T VIS:Here)
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