Pope has busy travel schedule
Pope Benedict XVI is planning numerous trips abroad in the coming year, including visits to the United Nations, Australia, Austria and a shrine in Lourdes, France, the Vatican spokesman said.
The first of the pope’s confirmed trips will be a Sept. 7-9 visit to Vienna, where he plans to deliver an important speech to diplomats, the Rev. Federico Lombardi said, without elaborating.
Meanwhile, the archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, has invited Benedict to visit Boston next year, saying it would help heal wounds from the clergy sexual abuse scandal.
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