The Minister of Culture and Spokesperson, Noelia Arroyo, Noelia Arroyo, attended today's Mass with which he began the preparatory phase of the Holy Year of the Blessed and Vera Cruz de Caravaca 2017, presided over by the emeritus Archbishop of Madrid, Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, and the Bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Bishop Lorca Planes.
In this act, the government spokesman Pedro Antonio Sanchez said the Jubilee Year of Caravaca de la Cruz is "a strategic and priority for the progress of the project region."
Noelia Arroyo added that holding Caravaca 2017 "will be a catalyst for domestic tourism of the Region of Murcia for its transverse nature as it involves culture, heritage and natural, active and rural tourism, which will benefit the hotel and the small trade and other sectors. "
Moreover, Arroyo stressed "the potential for transformation that the event is for the entire region in the social and economic spheres."
Alongside the older sister of the Illustrious Brotherhood of the Blessed and Vera Cruz de Caravaca, Elisa GiménezGirón, mayor of Caravaca de la Cruz, Jose Moreno, and dozens of neighbors and people from throughout the region, participated in this Noelia Arroyo first public act "that shows the important work being done to face the Jubilee Year" and will feature as one of its main events, with the presentation of the relic of the blood of John Paul II, to be held in the Basilica next 22 February.
The government spokesman said that "the regional government Caravaca Jubilee 2017 is a project that involves the whole of society Murcia and all municipalities to be one of the major events taking place in the region of Murcia".
He also said, "design and coordinate a set of initiatives in collaboration with local government, business and tourism stakeholders, to strengthen Caravaca de la Cruz as a destination of utmost importance for religious tourism at international and national level in target that more than two million people come here in celebration of its third Jubilee Year ".
Finally, the spokesman said that "the region of Murcia, in a work plan led by Pedro Sanchez, is in coordination with the Government of Galicia, community with the holy city of Santiago de Compostela, for greater strength Attraction international and national destination Caravaca Jubilee ".
Source: CARM