The agenda of Pope Leone XIV who returns to Castel Gandolfo on the horseback of August. The pontiff particularly appreciated the naturalistic and landscape beauty as well as the warm welcome reserved for him in July and could move to the papal villas of the town already on Wednesday 13, thus maintaining the commitment of the general hearing of the morning in St. Peter’s Square.
His commitments in Castel Gandolfo are then concentrated in the next weekend. Friday 15, Solemnity of Mary’s assumption, the Pope at 10 celebrates Mass in the Pontifical Parish of San Tommaso. At 12, in Piazza Libertà, the usual appointment with Angelus.
For Sunday 17, however, new commitments have been added. At 9.30 am, Leone XIV will go to the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Rotonda di Albano Laziale, to celebrate mass with the poor assisted by the diocese and with the operators of the diocesan Caritas. At 12 noon, Angelus will follow in Piazza della Libertà in Castel Gandolfo. Immediately after, the Pontiff will have lunch with about one hundred poor and volunteers of the Caritas of the diocese of Albano in the garden of the Borgo Laudato yes where in July he had celebrated mass for the custody of the creation.
To confirm it to Sir The bishop of Albano, Monsignor Vincenzo Viva: «There will be about one hundred people among clients, volunteers and operators of the pastoral care of Charity“, he said, “It is a gesture that expresses closeness and attention to people that we carry in the heart and who, as the Fathers of the Church recall, are the treasure of the Christian community».
The initiative, born at the local level, was proposed by the Bishop himself: «I made myself a spokesperson and found a generous answer. We are full of joy ».
The Pope could stay in the Lazio town up to a week, returning to the Vatican Tuesday 19 for the general hearing of the following day.
