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Adventures of Link: Pope Travel

April 15, 2008 at 5:00 PM | 1 Comment

His Holiness has arrived. Pope Benedict XVI has touched down at Andrews Air Force Base, where President Bush met him as he deplaned from Shepherd One. He's got plenty of meetings planned, but the pope will also be doing some tourist stuff. (Wednesday is the guy's 81st birthday, so we hope he has something fun planned!)

In Washington, DC, the pope is giving Mass at Nationals Park and visiting the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He'll then head up to NYC, where he'll visit Ground Zero, the United Nations, St. Patrick's Cathedral and Yankee Stadium. After his six-day trip, the pope heads back to Italy via JFK.

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[Photo of the pope in Sao Paulo: Wikipedia]