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Apostolic Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Czech Republic, September 2009

1) Program

• Program of the visit, 30 kB

3) Themes of the visit

3.1. Generally

• The significance of the papal visit, 27 kB
• Preparations, organization, 32 kB
• Place reservations, priests and volunteers, 27 kB
• Motto and logo of the visit, 25 kB

3.2. The Infant Jesus of Prague – meeting with families

• The statue of the Infant Jesus at the church of Our Lady Victorious, 40 kB

3.4. The Prague cathedral – meeting with priests and religious persons

• The cathedral of Ss. Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert, 28 kB

3.5. Brno – mass

• The city of Brno, 25 kB
• The Diocese of Brno, 35 kB
• The airport Brno – Tuřany, 35 kB

3.6. The Archbishop's Palace – meeting with representatives of Christian Churches

• The Archdiocese of Prague, 32 kB
• The Archbishop's Palace, 46 kB

3.8. Stará Boleslav – visit of the St. Wenceslaus' basilica, mass, meeting with youth

• St. Wenceslaus' town, 28 kB
• Churches in Stará Boleslav, 35 kB
• National Pilgrimage to St. Wenceslaus, 26 kB
• Third pope to come to Stará Boleslav, 28 kB

4) The Pope and the Czech Lands

• John Paul II in Czechoslovakia / the Czech Republic, 30 kB
• Benedict XVI is not coming for the first time, 32 kB

5) Background of the visit

5.1. The Church in the Czech Republic

• The structure of the Czech Church, 52 kB
• Basic information about dioceses in the Czech Republic, 65 kB
• Basic information about places to be visited by Pope Benedict XVI, 56 kB
• Caritas Czech Republic, 34 kB
• National Centre for Families, 51 kB
• Youth Department of the Czech Bishops' Conference, 27 kB
• Pontifical Missionary Workd in the Czech Republic, 27 kB
• Religious life in the Czech Republic after the fall of the Communist regime, 30 kB
• Religious communities in the Czech Republic, 35 kB
• Foreign language communities in Prague, 31 kB