13 January 2007

To the Holy Land?

Will Pope Benedict XVI be traveling to the Holy Land after his upcoming visit to Brazil? It certainly seems likely, given the Holy Father's stated hopes.

In his
Christmas Message to Catholics Living in the Middle East Regions, His Holiness noted:

You are well aware, dear brothers and sisters, of my ardent desire that Providence will allow me to make a pilgrimage to the Land made holy by the events of Salvation History. I hope to be able to pray in Jerusalem, “the cherished homeland of all the spiritual descendants of Abraham, who hold it so dearly” (cf. John Paul II, Redemptionis Anno, AAS LXXVI, 1984, 625).
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