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maryjos

00sabato 6 novembre 2010 12:47

LEAVING FROM FIUMICINO AIRPORT

08.30 CET

Oops! Should have resized these pics! Was anxious to get them out for you to see.

maryjos

00sabato 6 novembre 2010 19:33

ARRIVAL AND WELCOMING ADDRESS

maryjos

00sabato 6 novembre 2010 20:16

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Rome Reports chose some delightful moments from this morning!

K, you were marvellous today! Thank you so much! [SM=g27832]

maryjos

00domenica 7 novembre 2010 18:20

NO ONE AT HOME!

Sunday evening, November 7th. 18.19 Rome time. Not at home yet, but happily flying back after a triumphant pilgrimage!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, dearest Holy Father!!!!!

Did anyone see Bruder Georg? I didn't.

WRONG! He was still there. I took photos of the departure ceremony. Those Spaniards do love Papa!!!!!
Must be taking off now: 19.21 Rome time.

KK Thank you for all you did to help make it perfect!

flo_51

00lunedì 8 novembre 2010 11:57

It was really wonderful. I watched the most part on KTO.

One thing bothers me however : Georg was not there...

@Flo: I've remarked on this to benefan. So far I haven't seen any mention of Georg in news reports online, nothing to indicate why he wasn't at Santiago de Compostela. We all know that he's frail and that his eyesight is very poor, but surely he could have travelled there as easily as he travels to Rome and Christina could have accompanied him.

maryjos

00lunedì 8 novembre 2010 20:40

A PRESENT FROM IBERIA

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From Rome Reports: something that we didn't hear about during the trip.

flo_51

00lunedì 8 novembre 2010 22:25

I found this on Teresa's thread but it just says that Georg was not able to join :

Visiting Compostela:
A childhood wish fulfilled
by José Manuel Vidal
Translated from

Nov. 6, 2010

He was nine years old when he first dreamed of coming to Compostela. He had just entered the minor seminary, when one of his teachers sang the praises of the Camino de Santiago and the tomb of St. James to his fascinated pupils.

Compostela: for much of Europe, Finisterrae - the end of the earth - being at the western extremity of the Iberian peninsula.

Since then, the boy Joseph dreamed of one day coming to Compostela to make a pilgrimage to the cathedral of the 'field of stars' ('campo stela') and embrace James, the friend of Jesus.

All seminarians of his time dreamt of going to the three major pilgrimage sites of Christianity since the Middle Ages: Jerusalem, Rome and Compostela.

Many accomplished all three: to step foot in the Holy Land, Jesus's homeland; in Rome, to visit the tombs of Peter and Paul; and in Compostela, to the tomb of St. James. But ironically, Joseph Ratzinger had to wait until he became Pope to achieve all three.

As a young priest, he first visited and became familiar with Rome. It was the time of Vatican II and he was a young and brilliant theologian who found himselr rubbing elbows with the greates Church intellectuals of the day. He teamed up with other brilliant young theologians who helped lay the basis for that tremendous ecclesiastical spring.

He has visited the Holy Land a few times - first as a priest, later as Archbishop of Munich, then as Prefect of the CDF, and most recently as Pope, in May 2009.

He had one task undone: Santiago. He had been on the point of visiting Santiago a number of times, most recently in 2005, when he had everything planned to the last detail. He would make the pilgrimage with his brother Georg, anf they were to spend a week in Galicia, in order to soak themselves in the significance of the Jacobean experience for the region.

But he cancelled the trip that had been planned for spring, as John Paul II's condition worsened, and it was out of the question for him to leave Rome.

But today, Joseph Ratzinger will realize his childhood dream. He comes as a pilgrim but wearing the white robe only Popes wear. And when he embraces the image of St. James, he will surely give thanks that the Lord has granted him this wish.

And he will have a special thought for his brother George who could not join him on this trip. But Joseph will have much to tell him about. Much that will surely be good.

Simone55

00mercoledì 10 novembre 2010 00:04

Thanks for the photos and video clips, maryjos! I am only surprised that Pooh Bear didn’t seem to be interested in watching Papa on TV, he was looking the other way (just teasing you ;-))

I watched most of Papa’s trip to Spain so far televised on K-TV, Mass at Santiago de Compostela which was also great because of the beautiful music, of course the spectacular swinging of the huge incense holder and also Mass at the fantastic church in Barcelona with the interesting dedication procedure. I never saw something like that before.

So Big G. couldn’t go, I am so sorry, I do hope, he’s doing well.

One thing was amazing I think:
when Papa gave communion during Mass in Barcelona I noticed that the Queen of Spain didn’t kneel and got hand communion but the King of Spain Juan Carlos didn’t get communion at all!
Does anybody know why the King didn’t get communion? I was really surprised to see it, I think even for a king it isn’t business as usual to get communion from the Pope, so he should have been prepared.

maryjos

00mercoledì 10 novembre 2010 13:19

@Simone: I found the pic of the Queen of Spain receiving Communion in the hand on some news website, but haven't saved it yet. I couldn't see the end of the Mass - though have copied it - so didn't see any of this. Don't know why the King didn't receive Communion, unless he is not a practising Catholic, in which case he could not have received.

A great shame that Bruder Georg could not be there. I expect a few Papal tears were shed about that. [SM=g27813]

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