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Brazil Preparing Open-air Papal Mass

March 13, 2007 |

SÃO PAULO - Plans are being made for an open-air Mass in Aparecida, to accommodate large crowds expected for Benedict XVI’s visit.

On May 13, the Holy Father will celebrate Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in the context of the 5th General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The shrine’s representatives and the Latin American bishops’ council expect some 500,000 pilgrims, making it necessary to celebrate the Mass outdoors.

Aparecida, a town of 35,000 inhabitants, attracts 8 million pilgrims a year.

Great numbers of faithful are expected in São Paulo, where the Pope will arrive on May 9. The following day he will attend a meeting with young people and on May 11 he will canonize Blessed Antonio de Santa Ana.


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