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Italy – Welcome home Holy Father

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(ANS – Les Combes) – Pope  Benedict XVI, arrived this morning at Les Combes, Introd in the Val d’Aosta, where as a guest at the Salesian house he will spend a period of rest.

To welcome him, as well as the Bishop of Aosta, Bishop Giuseppe Anfossi, were  the Rector Major of the Salesians Fr Pascual Chávez Villanueva, his secretary  Fr Juan José Bartolomé, Fr Francesco Cereda, Councillor for Formation, Fr Stefano Martoglio, Provincial of the Special Circumscription for Piedmont and the Val d’Aosta (ICP), his Vice Provincial  Fr Sergio Pellini, the Provincial Economer Fr Stefano Colombo and the Rector of the Salesian house of  Châtillon, Fr Carlin Silvio. Also present were the civil and military authorities of the  Val d’Aosta

Benedict XVI had  already been a guest at the Les Combes house in the summers of 2005 and  2006, and after spending 2007 at Lorenzago, and 2008 at Bressanone he has returned to the Aosta area.

On Sunday 19 July the Pope will go to Romano Canavese, in the Province of Ivrea, for the Angelus in the square next to the parish church of SS. Peter and Solutore, while the following Sunday’s Angelus on 26 July will be at the house of Les Combes.

The Holy Father’s stay at Les Combes will conclude on 29 July when he will go to the Pontifical Palace of Castel Gandolfo.

Published 13/07/2009