Pope Francis will visit the Italian city of Trieste on 7 July 2024 to close the 50th Social Week of Catholics in Italy.
As reported by Vatican News, Bishop Giuseppe Baturi, Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference indicated that “the Holy Father will be with us on Sunday, 7 July to bring a message to the participants of the Trieste event and to celebrate Mass.”
This port city, located in the northwest of Italy, will host from July 3 to 7 the so-called “Social Week of Catholics in Italy”, promoted by the Italian Conference to “deepen and relaunch the Christian social message and guide the action of believers in the various categories of the world of work.”
The event, presented in September 2022, will be held under the motto “At the heart of democracy, participate in history and the future.” 1,500 delegates, elected by the dioceses and associations, will be in charge of launching this initiative.
The Archbishop of Catania and president of the organizing committee of the event, Mons. Luigi Renna also highlighted the “multiethnic” character of the city that the Holy Father will visit, where “participation in democratic life will be discussed on the 75th anniversary of the Constitution “Italian.”
For his part, the Bishop of Trieste, Bishop Enrico Trievisi, invited the faithful to prepare “with prayer to catch it and to make it a moment in which we reinforce our participation in the construction of our ecclesial and civil community.”
“We are on the periphery of Italy, that is, on the border that leads us to encounter other peoples and cultures. It is like an invitation to be willing to communicate and witness to the evangelical message of peace and justice that the Pope spreads on every occasion,” the prelate remarked.
It should be noted that the trip has not yet been officially confirmed by the Vatican and the Press Office of the Holy See has not yet given more information about it.