Sentences with phrase «first papal visit»
Perhaps the highlight of his tour was the Pope's visit to Canterbury, the first papal visit to the Anglican cathedral since the Reformation, with symbolic pictures of the Pope greeting the then Archbishop Robert Runcie.
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This was confirmed by the Vatican who were obliged to hastily plan their first papal visit to Britain since 1982.
After a security meeting, Ms Bachelet said the Andean nation of 17 million was prepared for the first papal visit since St John Paul II came in 1987.
This is first papal visit to Sweden in more than 25 years.
In 1979, in his first papal visit to the United States, John Paul II raised eyebrows when he suggested that the agenda for ecumenical dialogue should include moral teaching.
Not exact matches
Prominent Vatican reporter John Allen has published a piece in the National Catholic Reporter following the papal visit to Cuba entitled «Benedict XVI and the Lament of the Hawks,» about a supposed lack of conservative confidence in Benedict, which cites my recent piece for First Things, «Has the Church Gone Soft on Communism?»
A huge security operation is being mounted to protect the pontiff during his four - day tour - the first papal state visit to Britain - bumping estimated costs beyond # 20 million ($ 31 million), with over half coming from government funds.
It would be the perfect souvenir for any child making his or her First Communion, and also something special to buy for any Catholic child in Britain to commemorate the 2010 papal visit.
Prominent Vatican reporter John Allen has published a piece in the National Catholic Reporter following the papal visit to Cuba entitled «Benedict XVI and the Lament of the Hawks,» about a supposed lack of conservative confidence in Benedict, which cites my recent piece for First Things....
The CTS has been first to produce a prayer - book specifically designed for the Papal visit.
And of course it was on her invitation that the Holy Father graced the United Kingdom with the first papal State Visit in our history.