President discusses pope’s September visit with papal nuncio

President Václav Klaus has discussed plans for Pope Benedict XIV’s visit to the Czech Republic later this year with the country’s papal nuncio, Diego Causero. The pontiff is expected to spend three days in the Czech Republic in the latter part of September, though no official dates have yet been released. Leaders of the Czech Roman Catholic church have proposed that Pope Benedict begin his visit on September 27, meaning he would be in the country for St Wenceslas’s day, which is September 28. His predecessor Pope John Paul II came to the Czech Republic three times.

Author: Ian Willoughby