Vatican City, 30 December 2015 (VIS) –
The Prefecture of the Papal Household today published a communique
reporting that during the year 2015 a total of 3,210,860 faithful
attended the various encounters with Pope Francis: general audiences
(704,100), special audiences (408,760), liturgical celebrations in
the Vatican Basilica and in St. Peter's Square (513,000), and the
Angelus and Regina Coeli prayers (1,585,000). These data refer only
to events held in the Vatican and do not include others attended
often by large numbers of faithful, for instance during the apostolic
trips to Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Sarajevo, Ecuador, Bolivia,
Paraguay, Cuba, the United States of America, Kenya, Uganda and the
Central African Republic, or during trips within Italy and pastoral
visits in the diocese of Rome.
These are approximate data calculated
on the basis of requests to participate in encounters with the Pope
and invitations distributed by the Prefecture, which also specifies
that estimates are given for attendance at events such as the Angelus
or Regina Coeli and for celebrations in St. Peter's Square.
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