DELNICE, Nov 29 (Hina) - Croatia's gift to the Holy Father John Paul II - a 28-metre tall, 70-year-old Christmas spruce weighing about seven tonnes - left for the Vatican in the presence of 2,000 residents of Delnice and their guests,
and with the blessing of Rijeka Archbishop Ivan Devcic.
DELNICE, Nov 29 (Hina) - Croatia's gift to the Holy Father John Paul
II - a 28-metre tall, 70-year-old Christmas spruce weighing about
seven tonnes - left for the Vatican in the presence of 2,000
residents of Delnice and their guests, and with the blessing of
Rijeka Archbishop Ivan Devcic. #L#
The Croatian Christmas tree, which will be displayed in Rome's St.
Peter's Square, was felled on Monday in the Javornik forest near
Delnice.
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