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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