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Trip highlights

Tuesday: Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base.

Wednesday (the pope's 81st birthday): Meetings with President Bush at White House and with US bishops at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in D.C.

Thursday: Mass at Nationals Park; meetings with Catholic educators at Catholic University and with representatives of other religions at Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in D.C.

Friday: Address the United Nations; visit Park East Synagogue; pray with other Christian leaders at a German Catholic church in N.Y.

Saturday: Mass for priests at St. Patrick's Cathedral; meetings with young Catholics, including disabled children, at St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y.

Sunday: Visit ground zero; Mass at Yankee Stadium; departure from JFK Airport. 

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