Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Pope's Visit: Britains Are Selling Vatican Souveneirs

T-Shirts, Papal Flags, Scarves and other things with the Vatican Coat of Arms in the oficial "Pope's Visit" logo are available on-line.

London, 03/08/2010 (kath.net/KAP) Yellow-White everywhere: The purchase of souveneirs before the Papal visit of Pope Benedict XVI in September to Great Britain has already begun. In the official "Pope Visit Store" on the internent, there are T-Shirts, cups, papal flags and other objects with the Vatican Coat of Arms for sale.
Those who are interested can go to the www.papalvisitstore.com where crosses, rosaries and pictures of Benedict XVI and Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890) are for sale. The beatification of the Anglican convert CardinalJohn Henry Newman will on September 19th in Birmingham will be the high-point of the four day Papal visit. You can also find those baseball hats with the motto of the Papal Visit "Heart Speaks Unto Heart". This was inspired by the British media's hat story, apparently by the Pope himself, who wears baseball hats in his free time.

Benedict XVI. will visit Great Britain from the 16th to 19th September. The visit is being handled as a state visit of the Pope to Great Britain. John Paul II was here the last time for his pastoral visit in the United Kingdom in 1982. The program also contains meetings with the English Queen Elizabeth II, leading politicians of the land and of the Anglican Church of England.

Finally, that there are entrance fees for Mass with the Pope during his visit has made the headlines. So the Papal Mass on the 16th of September in the Scotish Glasgow Bellahousten Park which the media cites as being at a rate of 23 Euros for entrance. Further information is available at the visit website: www.thepapalvisit.com.

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