FRIDAY-SUNDAY
September 8-10, 2000
volume 11, no. 164-166


NEWS for the weekend of September 8-10, 2000
ROME EXPECTS 5 MILLION MORE JUBILEE PILGRIMS

VATICAN, Sept. 7 (CWNews.com)

    Roman officials are expecting 5 million pilgrims to visit Rome between September and November.

    With young people now back in school, officials coordinating plans for the Jubilee expect that most of the pilgrims during the next three-month period will be over 65 years of age. They will be from other parts of Italy, Western Europe, and Asia, the Vatican believes. Jubilee officials have already received noticed that several large groups from Asia will be headed for Rome in coming weeks.

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