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02-19-2009, 02:50 PM
Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed that he will visit the Dominican Republic in 2011. Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso said that the Pope confirmed the visit during a private audience at the Holy See. This will be the first visit to the country for the head of the Catholic Church who was elected Pontiff in 2005. His predecessor, John Paul II visited the DR three times, in 1979, 1984 and 1992. The Minister of Foreign Relations commented that the Pope is constantly praying for the world to come out of the economic crisis that has affected numerous peoples due to mass firings, more expensive foods and the forfeiture of homes due to mortgage issues.
During the private audience with the Holy Father, Morales Troncoso was accompanied by his wife, Luisa Alba de Morales, and the Dominican ambassador to the Vatican, Rafael Marion-Landais. Morales arrived to the Vatican City, in Rome, after a heavy work-week in Brussels, Belgium where he lobbied to get ratification of the European Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in the European Parliament.
For Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, the visit by his Holiness will be a privilege and a blessing for the country. "If the Pope is planning on visiting our country, this will be like God's blessing, that's what it is," he commented. Nunez Collado defined Pope Benedict as an extraordinary man, a great theologian and one of the closest collaborators of his predecessor Pope John Paul II. The Monsignor added, "It will be a great privilege for the country and for the Dominican Catholic community to have the visit by Benedict XVI."
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During the private audience with the Holy Father, Morales Troncoso was accompanied by his wife, Luisa Alba de Morales, and the Dominican ambassador to the Vatican, Rafael Marion-Landais. Morales arrived to the Vatican City, in Rome, after a heavy work-week in Brussels, Belgium where he lobbied to get ratification of the European Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in the European Parliament.
For Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, the visit by his Holiness will be a privilege and a blessing for the country. "If the Pope is planning on visiting our country, this will be like God's blessing, that's what it is," he commented. Nunez Collado defined Pope Benedict as an extraordinary man, a great theologian and one of the closest collaborators of his predecessor Pope John Paul II. The Monsignor added, "It will be a great privilege for the country and for the Dominican Catholic community to have the visit by Benedict XVI."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)