April 18, 2008
Pope arrives in NYC to visit U.N., Yankee Stadium, WTC
Pope Benedict XVI today starts a three-day trip to New York City with plans to address the United Nations, visit the World Trade Center site and a Jewish synagogue and celebrate mass at several locations including Yankee Stadium and Saint Patrick's Cathedral.
Extra security is in place and the traffic disruptions have begun.
Resources: St. Patricks gift shop with official pope in NY merchandise
Buses rerouted for the pope's visit (MTA)
Papal Visit Street Closures and Construction Embargo (NYC DOT)
Other coverage: Fiery Cab Outside St. Patrick's (Gothamist)
Tickets scarce for historic visit of Pope Benedict XVI (TicketNews.com)
First Papal Visit to an American Synagogue Is Set (Sun)
Security will halt John Paul-style stroll (Daily News)
Papal visit puts spotlight on Catholic sites in New York, D.C.
(USA Today)
The pope's schedule highlights in New York City:
Friday
9:45 a.m. - The pope arrives at JFK Airport and is welcomed by Cardinal Edward M. Egan, archbishop of New York and Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio, bishop of Brooklyn and others.
10 a.m. - The pope will address the United Nations and meet with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
5:22 p.m - The pope visits the Park East Synagogue, located at 163 East 67th St.
6 p.m. - Ecumenical prayer service at Saint Joseph Parish, located at 404 E. 87th St., before the pope returns to the papal residence on in NY on East 72nd Street (normally the home of Bishop Celestino Migliore) where Lidia Bastianich, of Felidia and Del Posto restaurants, will prepare the meal
Saturday
9 a.m. - The pope celebrates mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral with 3,000 deacons, priests and religious men and women from throughout the United States.
1:15 p.m. The pope departs Saint Patrick's and will travel by popemobile up 5th Avenue to 72nd Street. (This is your best chance to see the pope as its one of the only unticketed events.)
4:30 p.m. - The pope travels to Saint Joseph Seminary in Yonkers to bless youth with disabilities and rally with seminarians and young people.
Sunday
9:30 a.m. - The pope visits Ground Zero, blesses the ground with holy water and greets representatives of the Port Authority, fire and police workers, survivors and family members of those killed in the the Sept. 11 attacks.
2:30 p.m. - The pope celebrates mass at Yankee Stadium
8:30 p.m. - The pope departs JFK's Hangar 19 on Alitalia's "Shepherd One"
Resources:
St. Patricks gift shop's official pope in NY items
Buses rerouted for the pope's visit (MTA)
Papal Visit Street Closures and Construction Embargo (DOT)
Other coverage: Fiery Cab Outside St. Patrick's (Gothamist)
Tickets scarce for Pope Benedict XVI (TicketNews.com)
First Papal Visit to an American Synagogue Is Set (Sun)
Security will halt John Paul-style stroll (Daily News)
Papal visit puts spotlight on Catholic sites in New York, D.C.
(USA Today)
April 18, 2008 06:30 AM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Foodology, History, Kids, Midtown, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Transportology, Upper East Side
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