Pope trip to Luxembourg, Belgium confirmed for September, 2 weeks after challenging Asia visit
Release time：2024-05-21 09:28:19 Source：Stellar Scope news portal
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has added a stop in Luxembourg to a trip to Belgium in September, a three-day visit that will come as he is recovering from a much longer and challenging trip to Asia.
The Vatican on Monday announced the Sept. 26-29 dates of the planned trip, saying Francis would first stop in Luxembourg and then travel onto Brussels, Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium.
Belgium’s bishops had previously announced that Francis was coming to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the country’s two main Catholic universities. Francis’ stop in Luxembourg is apparently something of a nod to Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the Jesuit archbishop of Luxembourg who is playing a major role in Francis’ big synod, a years-long reform project for the Catholic Church.
The Luxembourg and Belgium visit is scheduled to begin less than two weeks after Francis returns from the longest and most challenging foreign trip of his pontificate, a Sept. 2-13 voyage to Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore.
- Previous：Iran helicopter crash that killed President Raisi could reverberate across the Middle East
- Next：A warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest was requested. But no decision was made about whether to issue it
Related articles
- Kevin Pillar gets 1,000th career hit in Angels' win at Texas
- Reimagining the future of culture
- Summer movies set sizzling pace
- Shanghai taxis to accept foreign bank cards
- I was 'brokefished' by my friend for £400
- Xi Meets Chairman of Russian State Duma
- Xi Inspects Command Office for East China Sea Area of China Coast Guard
- China Coast Guard to conduct regular patrols in Xiamen
- Target to lower prices on basic goods in response to inflation
- Sunbeams from the north
- Elon Musk gets approval from FDA to implant his Neuralink brain chip into a second patient
- Cultural conference opens in Xinjiang
- Comicomment: Lingering shadows of the East Palestine train derailment
- Safety efforts urged after fatal boat accident
- Burglar hurled stolen mobile phones at police from the top of 60ft high roof during nine
- Climate complicates heritage preservation
- Orchestra celebrates the nation's musical youth
- Xi Story: The Liangzhu Site and Its Significance to Chinese Civilization
- Ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse has been refloated
- Xi Sends Congratulations to UN Meeting Marking Int'l Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
Random recommendation