The Holy Father's flight to Amman left Rome at 9:34 this morning.
BON VOYAGE, HOLINESS!
WITH ALL OUR LOVE AND PRAYERS
May 8
St. Peter of Tarentaise (France, 1107-1184)
Cistercian monk
OR today.
Illustration: tourists on Moses's Mount (Nebo) near Amman.
Benedict XVI in the Holy Land:
A
pilgrimage in resopect of the rights of every people
Other papal stories on Page 1: The Pope greets this year's new Swiss Guard recruits and
meets with the President of El Salvador. Other stories: the Arab nations offier a new
peace plan to Israel for discussion with the US; the Food and Agricultural Organization
of the United Nations forecasts one billion people will go hungry in 2009.
THE POPE'S DAY
Day 1 - AMMAN, JORDAN
ALL REPORTS ABOUT THE HOLY FATHER'S TRIP WILL NOW BE POSTED DIRECTLY ON THIS THREAD.