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Schedule of Pope Francis to November


The apostolic visit to Cuba and the United States, starting next weekend, the Synod on the Family, a canonization ceremony next month, the commemoration of the dead and his first pastoral visit to Africa in November, are the highlights of the schedule of Pope Francis in the coming days and two months. Mgr Guido Marini, the Pope's master of liturgical ceremonies on Saturday released the schedule of the Holy Father for the rest of September until November.

The Pope will be on a busy apostolic visit from 18-28 September to Cuba and the United States. On 3 October, the eve of the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican, the Pope will lead a prayer service in St Peter's Square.

‎The Synod, from 4-25 October, will be on the 'the vocation and the mission of the family in the church and in the ‎contemporary world.' ‎ During the synod, the Pope will also celebrate a canonization Mass in St Peter's Square on 18 October, to declare two men and two women saints. Among them are Ludovico Martin and Maria Azelia Guerin, the parents of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Little Flower of Jesus. The Pope will conclude the synod with a Mass in St Peter's Basilica on 25 October.

The Holy Father will observe the various liturgies to commemorate the dead, from 1-5 November He will conclude the month of November with a pastoral visit to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic, from 25-30 November.

Source: VIS

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