Pope to visit Benin in 2011
The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will visit Benin next year, one of four trips abroad planned for the pontiff in 2011.
Vatican Radio says in a report on Friday that 83-year-old Benedict will make a pilgrimage to the West African nation on November 18-20, where he will mark the 150th anniversary of the Catholic church's evangelisation of Benin and discuss the work of its bishops.
Other trips previously announced for Benedict next year are European pilgrimages to Croatia in June; for a Catholic youth jamboree to Madrid, Spain, in August; and to Berlin and other cities in his German homeland, likely in September.
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