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Schoolchildren to hear service from the Pope

GUERNSEY children will be some of the select few to see the Pope up close during his visit to the UK this week.

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GUERNSEY children will be some of the select few to see the Pope up close during his visit to the UK this week.

On Friday three pupils from each of Notre Dame du Rosaire and St Mary & St Michaels will travel to Twickenham for an exclusive schools' service.

Pope Benedict XVI will lead a prayer at the Big Assembly at St Mary's University College for 3,000 students from across the UK.

Also travelling to the UK will be six Year 9 and Year 10 pupils from Blanchelande College who will attend a service at Westminster Abbey and a concert at Hyde Park on Saturday.

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