- Title: ISRAEL: 3,000 POLICE TO PROVIDE SECURITY GUARD FOR POPE PAUL'S VISIT.
- Date: 30th December 1963
- Summary: 1. GV NAZARETH STREET SCENE, POLICE WALKING ABOUT (3 SHOTS). 0.14 2. CV POLICEMAN WITH "WALKY-TALKY". 0.16 3. GV NEW ENTRANCE TO CHURCH OF ANNUNCIATION. UNDER CONSTRUCTION (2 SHOTS). 0.26 4. SCV POLICEMEN OUTSIDE CHURCH. 0.28 5. GV INT. CHURCH. 0.34 6. SV CHURCH OFFICIAL CLEANING, PAN TO ALTER PIECE. 0.46 7. CV ALTAR PIECE.
- Embargoed: 14th January 1964 12:00
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- Location: NAZARETH & TABGHA, ISRAEL
- Reuters ID: LVAEEBUTCIG6DS2PUU29Z3EKP5LM
- Story Text: ISRAELI POLICE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) WILL STAGE A FULL REHEARSAL OF SECURITY PRECAUTIONS PLANNED FOR POPE PAUL'S VISIT TO THE HOLY LAND, STARTING NEXT SATURDAY.WITH SOME 3,000 MEN INVOLVED, FINAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE NOW BEEN CHECKED WITH VATICAN OFFICIALS IN ROME.
IN NAZARETH, WHICH THE POPE WILL VISIT ON SUNDAY (JAN 5), HUNDREDS OF WORKERS HAVE BEEN REBUILDING THE CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION, CONCENTRATING ON FINISHING THE ENTRANCE.IT IS THERE THAT POPE PAUL, FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PILGRIMS THROUGHOUT THE AGES, WILL HIMSELF MAKE HISTORY IN BECOMING THE FIRST PONTIFF EVERY TO WORSHIP AT NAZARETH.
44 HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS WILL BE WAITING IN THE CHURCH, WHERE THE POPE WILL BE GREETED BY ARCHBISHOP GEORGE HAKIM, SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ISRAEL.THE MAIN STREET IN NAZARETH, COVERED WITH CARPETS, FOR THE OCCASION, WILL BE RENAMED POPE PAUL THE SIXTH STREET.
AT ST.PETER'S CHURCH IN TABGHA - ANOTHER HOLY SITE - POPE PAUL WILL GAZE OUT ACROSS THE SEA OF GALILEE.
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