Vatican City, 27 February 2014 (VIS) –
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff has made
public the calendar of celebrations that are due to be presided over
by the Holy Father Francis in March and April 2014:
MARCH
- Wednesday 5, Ash Wednesday. At 4:30
p.m. in the Basilica of Sant'Anselmo: "statio" and
penitential procession. At 5:00 p.m. in the Basilica of Santa Sabina:
blessing and imposition of ashes.
- Sunday 9, first Sunday of Lent.
Ariccia: beginning of the spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia.
- Friday 14, conclusion of the
spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia.
- Sunday 16, 4 p.m., pastoral visit to
the Roman parish of “Santa Maria dell'Orazione.
- Friday 28, 17 p.m. in the Vatican
Basilica: penitential liturgy.
APRIL
- Sunday 6, 4 p.m., pastoral visit to a
Roman parish.
- Sunday 13, Palm Sunday and the
Passion of the Lord. At 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter's Square: blessing of
palms, procession, and Mass in the Papal Chapel.
- Sunday 17, Holy Thursday. At 9.30
a.m. in the Vatican Basilica: Chrism Mass.
- Friday 18, Good Friday. At 5:00 p.m.
in the Vatican Basilica: celebration of the Lord's Passion. At 9:15pm
at the Colosseum: Via Crucis.
- Saturday, 19, Holy Saturday. At 8:30
p.m. in the Papal Chapel of the Vatican Basilica: Easter vigil.
- Sunday 20, Easter Sunday. At 10:15am
in St. Peter's Square, Papal Chapel: Mass. At midday, from the
central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica: "Urbi et Orbi"
blessing.
- Sunday 27, second Sunday of Easter
(or Divine Mercy Sunday). At 10 a.m., St. Peter's Square, Papal
Chapel: Mass and canonisation of Blesseds Pope John XXIII and Pope
John Paul II.
The Pope will preside over the “in
Coena Domini” Mass on the afternoon of Holy Thursday but, like last
year and in previous years in Buenos Aires, he will select a
situation of a special nature from a pastoral point of view, which
will be communicated when appropriate. There will not, therefore, be
a celebration in a Basilica or the possibility of participation by a
large number of faithful; the Prefecture of the Papal Household will
not distribute tickets for any such celebration.
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