Rome, Italy, Mar 1, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The Kathpress News Angency is reporting that by the end of March the Vatican will make a decision concerning a proposed trip by Pope John Paul II to the Marian shrine of Mariazzel in Austria.
Kathpress based its report on statements by Bishop Egon Kappellari of Graz to the Austrian state-run television.
The visit by Pope John Paul II would take place in the context of efforts by Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn of Vienna to revitalize the Balcan region’s Christian culture.