The Pope in Santiago?

[Rosina Lila]

Hello you all,
Father  Leonardo Sandri, the Vatican's Secretary of State for general
affairs, was in Santiago last weekend for the Labor Day celebrations.
"Obradoiro" is a Galician word that means worker, (Obrero, in Castilian
Spanish).
In the European and American Latin countries the first of May is  Labor Day
and it is an official national holiday. Commemorating the day 4,000 workers in
Santiago received Holy Communion during last  Saturday's Pilgrims Mass at
noon; the celebration spilled over  to  Obradoiro Square and lasted,
understandably, much longer than usual.
Msgr. Julio Barrio, the Santiago Archbishop,  took advantage of  father
Landri's presence in Santiago to send a hand-delivered invitation to the Pope,
asking him to attend the August 8th  ceremonies that will mark the arrival in
Santiago of  the 50,000 young Europeans pilgrims who will participate in the
special European Youth pilgrimage   mentioned in an earlier message.
The people at the Archdiocese seem quite confident that the Pope will accept
the invitation.
Warm regards,
Rosina
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