” “After the visit to the Synagogue, Benedict XVI will have lunch with 10 youth representing the five continents and with 2 German youth. The luncheon will be attended also by Msgr. Franz-Josef Bode, bishop of Osnabrück and by the chairman of the German Episcopal Commission for the Youth Pastoral.
” “At 4.30 p.m., the Pope will go to the Church of St. Pantaleon where he will meet some two thousand seminarians coming from various Countries. The ceremony envisages a liturgical opening by the Pope, the reading of two Psalms, 145(144)I and II and of 2Tm 1,7-9, as well as contributions by a seminarian, a priest and by Card. Marc Ouellet, of the Diocese of Québec, Canada. And then the homily by the Pope, the Magnificat and the blessing.
” “At 6.15 p.m., Benedict XVI will be at the palace of the Archbishop of Cologne where he will be meeting some 30 representatives of the various Christian Confessions of Germany. The ecumenical meeting will begin with an opening address by the President of the German Bishops’ Conference, Karl Lehmann, which will be followed by that of the Lutheran bishop Wolfgang Huber, of Berlin, and then the speech delivered by the Pope.
Tomorrow at 6 p.m., Benedict XVI will be meeting the representatives of some Muslim communities.
