” “” “The first "pilgrim" of the Pauline Year (28th June 2008 / 20th June 2009) will be the Pope, who’s going to open it officially on 28th June, at St Paul Outside The Walls, by opening one of the five doors of the Basilica: the one which is symmetric with the Holy Door, and which will thus become the "Pauline Door". Today, it was announced to journalists by Card. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside The Walls, who made known that pilgrimages all of them set up thanks to the collaboration with the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi will be one of the crucial initiatives in the celebration programme. Among them, there will also be itineraries from Rome to Pauline places in Greece and Turkey, through cruise ships. In the meantime, the site www.paolino.org is being visited all over the world, said the cardinal: "even a Chinese search engine he said put it on the front page". "Pilgrims will be welcomed, accompanied and assisted by those arriving in the Basilica", said Dom Johannes Paul Abrahamowicz, and "for the first time", they will be provided with a guidebook of the Basilica in various languages, "never existed" until now. Apart from the pastoral programme, the cultural programme is very rich, including conferences, concerts, Pauline performances in the world, the coining of a "bimillenary medal", a stamp and a two-euro coin, issued by the Vatican. ” “
