Pope trip to Luxembourg, Belgium confirmed for September, 2 weeks after challenging Asia visit
Release time：2024-05-21 18:05:21 Source：Culture Capsule 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：US overdose deaths dropped in 2023, the first time since 2018
- Next：'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes
Related articles
- NBA playoffs: Edwards leads Wolves to 98
- NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
- Mountain goat stuck under Kansas City bridge survives rocky rescue
- Shoplifter chased by police on horses in New Mexico, video shows
- Bella Hadid goes braless in a thigh
- Punxsutawney Phil and wife Phyllis are parents of 2 babies
- Never mind the overcapacity, have some dim sum! — Radio Free Asia
- 5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court
- Independent UN experts urge Yemen’s Houthis to free detained Baha'i followers
- Psychologists fear rule changes will make it even harder to get help
- Ben Whishaw lights up the Croisette as he joins his co
- Hong Kong jails Portuguese national for overseas social media posts — Radio Free Asia
- Swedish appeals court rules space rock should stay with the owner of the property where it landed
- Posts misrepresent a photo of a Ukrainian soldier balancing on his prosthetic limbs
- Ohio judge to rule Monday on whether the state’s abortion ban stands
- Gaza and Haiti are on the brink of famine, experts say. Here's what that means
- This stinks. A noxious weed forces Arizona national monument's picnic area to close until May
- 50 years later, a Braves fan shares long
- Fresh heartache for cancer
- Uyghur activist receives Roosevelt freedom of worship award — Radio Free Asia
Random recommendation