Pope Francis has an extensive schedule from July to September. The trip to Canada announced for the end of July was canceled on Thursday with the publication of the confirmed detailed travel program. The trip is scheduled for July 24-30. Stops are Edmonton, Quebec, Iqaluit and many encounters with indigenous peoples. In June, the pope postponed indefinitely a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan that was scheduled for early July – the “Requests from his doctors and not to compromise the results of the therapy he is undergoing for his knee,” he said.
According to the previously published list of papal liturgical appointments, a Mass for the Congolese community in Rome is also scheduled for July 3. Francis had announced this celebration as a consolation for the canceled trip to Africa.
The reason for the trip to Canada is to demand an apology from the Pope for the role of the Catholic Church in the history of controversial residential schools in Canada. In these, indigenous children were deprived of their culture, mistreated and also abused in the 19th and 20th centuries. The operators were mainly the churches.
The date for the beatification of John Paul I has also been set
Other fixed dates are the August 27 consistory, where 20 clergymen are appointed cardinals, and a visit to L’Aquila on August 28. The occasion is the traditional pilgrimage of indulgence of the “Perdonanza Celestiniana”. This pilgrimage, which takes place every year on August 28 and 29, dates back to Pope Celestine V (reigned in 1294).
A Papal Mass with the College of Cardinals is also scheduled for August 30. After the consistory, Francis wants to discuss the implementation of the reform of the curia with his senate.
Also set is the date for the beatification of John Paul I, which will take place on September 4. John Paul I, elected on August 26, 1978, served until his sudden death on September 28, 1978. Albino Luciani, born in northern Italy in 1912, entered the history of the Church as the “33 day pope”. He was replaced by the Polish Jean-Paul II (1978-2005). (cbr/KNA)
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