His Beatitude Mar Ignatius Joseph III, Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, together with patriarchs emeriti, bishops and faithful of the Syriac Catholic Church, is on his first official visit to Rome and will celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the Antiochene Rite tomorrow at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major. The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, will be represented by His Eminence Leonardo Cardinal Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
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