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Pope's grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond
The Vatican announced Pope Leo XIV's detailed six-month tour across Italy to address migration and environmental harm, including visits to Lampedusa and toxic waste-affected communities.
- The Prefecture of the Papal Household announced Pope Leo XIV will begin visits on May 8 in Pompeii and Naples, with a July 4 stop in Lampedusa as part of six Italian city trips.
- With pastoral outreach in mind, Pope Leo XIV plans to visit migrants arriving on Mediterranean routes at Lampedusa and aid communities harmed by toxic-waste dumping in the 'Land of Fires'.
- Later in May and June, Leo will visit the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Holy Rosary of Pompeii, Plebiscito Square, Acerra, and Pavia, as scheduled.
- The Pope Leo XIV visit to Lampedusa will spotlight an island gateway long associated with migrant arrivals on a deadly route, according to Vatican plans announced Thursday.
- Beyond Italy, Vatican officials are studying a four-nation trip to Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Angola and Cameroon after Easter, with plans to visit Assisi on Aug. 6 and Rimini later in August.
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Pope Leo XIV will travel on 4 July to Lampedusa, the island off the coast of Sicily...
Leon XIV will visit the Italian island of Lampedusa on 4 July, as announced by the Holy See, which has made known an intense travel schedule of the Pope within Italy for the coming months. It also includes Pompeii, Naples, Acerra, Pavia, Assisi and Rimini. Lampedusa is undoubtedly the most relevant appointment, a choice full of meaning. This small island half way between Tunisia and Sicily is the point of the greatest arrival of immigrants by se…
From Pompeii to Pavia: Pope Leo XIV to make 6 pastoral visits throughout Italy
ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV will travel to six destinations across Italy this year, the Vatican announced on Feb. 19, journeying from the shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii in the south to the tomb of St. Augustine in northern Italy. Each of the six destinations carries distinct spiritual or social significance with visits ranging from a Mediterranean island synonymous with the migrant crisis to an area that has been afflicted by ill…
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Pope’s grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will visit ground zero of Europe’s migration drama, the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, on July 4 in a strong sign of continuity with Pope Francis, who often clashed with the U.S. over his strong outreach to migrants, according to travel plans announced Thursday. The Vatican released Leo’s agenda for day trips to a half-dozen Italian cities over the next six months, including a visit to the tomb of St. Augustine, the inspi…
The Vatican announced this Thursday the first six official visits that the Pope plans to make within Italy. The itinerary designed is a rosary of winks to the marginalized of society. In addition to a meeting in Acerra, one of the localities with the highest rate of tumors due to the spread of hazardous waste discharges, Leo XIV will follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis on the island of Lampedusa to make the migratory crisis visible, and will…
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