VATICAN CITY, 20 APR 2010 (VIS) - Following are highlights of the activities and trips due to be undertaken by Pope Benedict XVI between the months of May and September.
MAY
- Sunday 2: Pastoral visit to Turin, Italy, for the exposition of the Holy Shroud.
- Tuesday 11 to Friday 14: Apostolic trip to Portugal.
- Sunday 23: Solemnity of Pentecost: Mass at 10 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica.
JUNE
- Thursday 3: Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Mass at 7.00 p.m. in the basilica of St. John Lateran, procession to the basilica of St. Mary Major and Eucharistic blessing.
- Friday 4 to Sunday 6: Apostolic trip to Cyprus.
- Thursday 10: Prayer vigil with priests at 6 p.m. in St. Peter's Square.
- Friday 11: Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. At 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square, Mass for the close of the Year for Priests.
- Sunday 20: At 9 .30 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica, priestly ordination of deacons from the diocese of Rome.
- Monday 28: First Vespers for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul Apostles, at 6 p.m. in the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls.
- Tuesday 29: Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul Apostles. Mass at 9.30 a.m. in St. Peter's Basilica and imposition of the pallium on new metropolitan archbishops.
JULY
- Sunday 4: Pastoral visit to Sulmona, Italy, for the eighth centenary of the birth of Pope St. Celestine V.
AUGUST
- Sunday 15: Solemnity of the Assumption. Mass at 8 a.m. in the parish church of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castelgandolfo.
SEPTEMBER
- Sunday 5: Pastoral visit to Carpineto Romano, Italy, for the second centenary of the birth of Pope Leo XIII.
- Thursday 16 to Sunday 19: Apostolic trip to the United Kingdom.
OCL/ VIS 20100420 (310)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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