Pope Leo XIV returned again on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 13 to Castel Gandolfo, which has been his residence last July during his holiday break.
At 4:30 p.m. (local time) the Pontiff will leave the Vatican to move by car to what has been his home since July 6 to 22.
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Castel Gandolfo, located 25 kilometers from Rome and the banks of Lake Albano, has been throughout the history of the Pontifical Residence during the summer period. After Pope Francis decided to stay in the Vatican during the summer season, Pope Leo XIV has recovered this tradition.
After a rest day, on Friday, August 15, solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in the Pontifical Parish of Castel Gandolfo.
On Sunday, August 17, at 9:30 am (local time), the Holy Father will arrive at the Sanctuary of Santa María de la Rotonda in Albano, Italian municipality that limits with Castel Gandolfo, to celebrate the Holy Mass with a group of people in need that receive assistance from Cáritas.
At the end of the Mass, he will go to Castel Gandolfo to preside over the prayer of the Angelus at 12:00 hours from the Plaza de la Libertad.
In addition, according to the Diocese of Albano, he will subsequently share a lunch with 100 low -income people at Burgo Laudato SI ‘, an inspired ecological and social project In the encyclical of the same name of Pope Francis. On Sunday afternoon, the Holy Father will return to the Vatican.
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú
Graduated in journalism and advertising from the CEU San Pablo University of Madrid. Specialized in religious information in Spain since 2015. It has been a senior correspondent for ACI Press and Ewtn News at the Vatican for two years and is currently a correspondent for Europe based on Spain.