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Full Detailed Timeline Released

18/08/2010 11:00 am

Pope Benedict on an Alitalia aircraft

A full detailed timeline of events is now available on thepapalvisit.org.uk - you will also find a handy PDF download available.

Most of the events have been publicised in our Itinerary section over the last few months. The Papal Visit Co-ordinator discusses the release of more event information in this week's audio diary update.

What's new on the timeline?

Pope Benedict XVI will visit St Peter's residential home for the elderly in Vauxhall on Saturday, 18 September. Papal Visit Co-ordinator Mgr Andrew Summersgill said:

"[St Peter's] is run by the Little Sisters of the Poor and on the Saturday afternoon of Pope Benedict's visit he will visit the community there and to visit the elderly residents and their families. The importance of the this visit is that within all the great gatherings and events of the Papal Visit there's a real opportunity for the Holy Father to go as a pastor to those who cannot go to him - to those who are housebound, to those who are elderly."

The Holy Father will also make a private visit to Birmingham Oratory. Mgr Andrew Summersgill:

"Pope Benedict will travel to the Birmingham Oratory in order to be the first person to pray at the new shrine for, as he will be then, 'Blessed' John Henry Newman. The shrine is adjacent to the Oratory church. He will then go into the Oratory residence to the rooms of Cardinal Newman, and he will be able to spend some personal time in a place resonant with the history of the Cardinal."