The new Church of the Most Holy Trinity will be unveiled in Fatima tomorrow. Many devotees will be able to directly take part in the celebrations, maybe on the large screens that will be installed outside the church. The celebrations will start in the Little Chapel of the Apparitions at about 4 pm, with the welcome to the Apostolic Legate and the greeting to the pilgrims. At 5 pm, Mass will be celebrated by cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State. The president of the Portuguese Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, and the president of Parliament, Jaime Gama, will be there in their official capacities. On Saturday 13th October, the international pilgrimage with thousands of pilgrims flowing in from all over the world will close the cycle of the celebrations for the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Apparitions. On Sunday 14th October, Benedict XVI will speak live to Fatima, at 11 am, from Saint Peter’s Square, after Mass celebrated by card. Bertone in the Marian sanctuary. In the run-up to the special event, the bishop of Leiria-Fatima, mgr. António Marto, and the rector of the sanctuary, mgr. Luciano Guerra, exhorted the parishes to inform the Catholic communities of the diocese so that the Portuguese devotees will not be missing.” ” ” “
