00 16/08/2009 20:16


Still bringing this thread up to date.



Posted 7/17/09 in the BENEDICT thread:
(I am including the Pope's visit to Romano Canavese in the Diocese of Ivrea, durhis vacation in Les Combes, for the Angelus on Sunday 7/29/09, in this thread.)







Great media interest in
the Pope's Canavese Angelus

by Marco Campagnolo
Translated from
an Ivrea news portal


July 16, 2009





IVREA - Everyone is pleased in the diocesan Curia, starting with Bishop Arrigo Miglio, about the media coverage anticipated for the Pope's visit on Sunday to lead the Angelus at Piazza Ruggia in nearby Romano Canavese.

No one expected th4 number of requests for media accreditation received by the diocese for a visit that is not official.

Yesterday, diocesan press spokesman Don Stefano Fogliato said that part of the media requests come from other European countries and Latin America.

On television, it will be covered by 6 national TV channels, including one from Eastern Europe, three satellite TV outlets, the regional TV of both Piedmont and Val D'Aosta, and two Ivrean channels.

Thirteen news agencies, including ones from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland and Mexico, have also accredited reporters and photographers, aside form the national and regional newspapers and magazines.


Left, Mons. Miglio with Cardinal Bertone; right, map shows location of Romano Canavese in relation to Les Combes. Turin is 40 miles to the south, Milan 80 miles to the east.

Mons. Miglio opened the news conference by saying, "The Pope has given us a gift by coming to us during his vacation, and he is doing this as a sign of his friendship and esteem for our Cardinal Bertone [who was born in Romano Canavese). He has worked with Cardinal Ratzinger since 1988. Being called to become Secretary of State confirmed the esteem that the Holy Father has for him. The visit to Romano is a visit to Bertone and to his roots, and a sign of affection for him and his townspeople".

To accommodate overflow from Piazza Ruggia in front of the parish church, jumbo TV screens will be set up in other places like Piazza Sarti, where the Bertone family residence is located, and which the Pope will be visiting; and in the parish churches of Strambino and Scarmagno.

The Pope will arrive by helicopter and will proceed to Piazza Ruggia by Popemobile through eight of the town's main streets.

The Pope's Angelus will be preceded by Mass celebrated in Piazza Ruggia by Cardinal Bertone and Bishop Miglio.

Parking has been provided by the commune in two designated places on the town periphery. Shuttle buses will take pilgrims to the center of town.

Information for those interested about the papal visit to Romano Canavese are available on the diocesan site
www.ivrea.chiesacattolica.it.