The Pope was admitted this afternoon to a hospital in Rome to undergo
"scheduled surgery on the colon,"
said a spokesman for the Vatican, Matteo Bruni.
This morning it was announced that Francis will travel to
Slovakia
from September 12 to 15, after concelebrating the final table of
the International Eucharistic Congress
that will take place in Budapest.
"I am proud to announce that from September 12 to 15, God willing, I will travel to
Slovakia
to make a pastoral visit," he said at the end of the Sunday
Angelus
prayer
before the dozens of people gathered in St. Peter's Square. from the Vatican to listen to you.
Francis
explained that before the start of the visit he will concelebrate in Budapest the final table of the International Eucharistic Congress and wanted to thank all those who are preparing the trip.
The Vatican spokesman,
Matteo Bruni
, specified in a statement that "at the invitation of the civil authorities and the Episcopal Conferences, on Sunday September 12, 2021, the Pope will travel to Budapest on the occasion of the final
Holy Mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress
".
"Successively, from the 12 to the 15 September 2021, will
travel to Slovakia, visiting the cities of
Bratislava
,
Preov
,
Koice
and
Satine
. The trip program will be published in due time ,
" he added.
The announcement of the trip made by the Pope was greeted with cheers among those present in
St. Peter's Square
, to which the Pope exclaimed: "The Slovaks are happy", in addition to sending greetings to all the faithful.
During the Angelus,
Francis
referred to the need to overcome the "comfort of custom" and "the dictatorship of prejudices", which are "a risk that we all run: we think we know a lot about a person, we label them and lock them up in our prejudices ".
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