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Fri 09 Sep 2008Benedict arrives in Paris today for first visit as pontiff
FRANCE:POPE BENEDICT XVI will arrive in Paris today for his first visit to the "eldest daughter" of the Catholic Church since he succeeded Pope John Paul II. The 81-year-old pontiff will make 11 speeches in 72 hours, writes Lara Marlowe
The high points of the visit will be a lecture on the church and culture this afternoon, a Mass for 250,000 people on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris tomorrow, and another Mass, for 200,000 in Lourdes on Sunday, which will be attended by at least 1,500 Irish pilgrims from the diocese of Meath.
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