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Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Mexico presented the program of activities that will take place from September 5 to 9, on the occasion of the veneration of the relics of Blessed John Paul II: "it is an occasion full of grace and blessing for the people of Mexico, who the Pope loved so much", said Fr. Manuel Arellano Rangel, dean of the Cathedral.
Pope John Paul II began his first pastoral visit of his Pontificate in Mexico, in the Metropolitan Cathedral: here he celebrated his first Solemn Eucharist in America and met for the first time the love and devotion of the local population towards the Pope, the Church, Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. More than three decades ago from that January 26, 1979, John Paul II returns to the Cathedral as Blessed, and his blood, which has heard the faith of the Mexican faithful, will be the object of veneration on behalf of "the people who are always faithful".
"The Cathedral is always open to all, it is the home of the People of God, this is why it is symbolic that the relic of the Pope stays here these days, so we can go to worship and seek the intercession of the Pope for peace in our country, for the safety of our families", said father Arellano. The relic of Pope John Paul II, on September 9 will conclude its permanence in the Cathedral of Mexico, to continue the four-month journey in 91 cities in Mexico. (CE) (Agenzia Fides 31/08/2011)
