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Pope Francis' upcoming visit to the Holy Land will be brief, intense and secure, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, said at a Vatican press briefing Thursday morning. The Vatican press spokesman shared with reporters details of the Pope's itinerary and confirmed that in the afternoon of Sunday, May 25, the Holy Father will meet Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Bethlehem.
“It will be a private meeting, historically very important, in the same place where Paul VI met with Athenagoras,” Fr. Lombardi said. “There will be a joint statement there,” he added, and pointed out that this will be the first of four instances in which they will meet. Another new element is that from there, after going to the Church of Holy Sepulcher, at 7:00 pm the same day, the Pope will be welcomed by the three superiors of the place used and looked after by three Christian communities: the Greek Orthodox, the Armenian and the Custody of the Holy Land.
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