The Vatican published this Monday, June 3, the agenda of Pope Francis’ main activities for the months of June to September, among which are a consistory on some causes of canonization, a pastoral visit and two international trips.
In it statement of Mons. Diego Ravelli, Master of the Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, it is noted that the activities begin next June 29, with the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Saint Paul, with the Mass and blessing of the palliums for the new metropolitan archbishops, who It will start at 9:30 am (local time).
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On July 1, the ordinary public consistory on some causes of canonization will be held from 9:00 am; while on July 7 Pope Francis will make a pastoral visit to Trieste, in northeastern Italy.
In that city the Holy Father will participate in the closing of the 50th Social Week of Catholics in Italy, which will have as its motto “In the heart of democracy. Participate between history and the future”, and which will take place from July 3 to 7.
Pope Francis will then preside over the Mass and the Angelus prayer in Unidad Plaza.
For August, the month in which the Vatican usually goes on vacation, there are no planned activities for the Pontiff.
In September, the Pope will make two international trips, one of which will be the longest of his pontificate and will visit Asia and Oceania.
From September 2 to 13, Pope Francis will travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.
Specifically, the Holy Father will travel to Jakarta (capital of Indonesia) from September 3 to 6; to Port Moresby (capital of Papua Guinea) and Vanimo (capital of Sandaun province, in northwestern Papua New Guinea) from the 6th to the 9th; Dili (capital of East Timor) from the 9th to the 11th; and the city of Singapore from September 11 to 13.
From September 26 to 29, the Holy Father will travel to Luxembourg and Belgium.
On Thursday, September 26, Pope Francis will land in Luxembourg and that same day, until Sunday the 29th, he will visit three Belgian cities: Brussels, Leuven and Leuven la Neuve.
The Holy Father will make this trip within the framework of the 600th anniversary of the University of Louvain, founded in 1425.
Walter Sánchez Silva
I have been a husband since 2008. My wife and I have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before he was born. Since I joined ACI Prensa in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Cologne, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and of Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the Family synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Synodality, in 2023. I closely follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers persecution from the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as current ecclesiastical events in the region.