Pope Francis coming to the United States in September

The Vatican published the itinerary Tuesday for the eagerly awaited September 19-28 visit.

The Vatican also confirmed the pontiff is scheduled to address a joint meeting of the USA Congress the following day.

The events in New York City will also be tight: Unlike his predecessors who visited New York, Francis will not celebrate an outdoor Mass at Yankee Stadium but will do so at Madison Square Garden – a marker locale but a much smaller venue, able to hold just 18,000.

The Pope’s final stop will be Philadelphia, where he’ll take part in the World Meeting of Families on the 26, a triennial gathering of Catholics, and then will depart for Rome on the 27.

Frank Persico, vice president for university relations and chief of staff at The Catholic University of America, said “students are elated” about Pope Francis’s upcoming visit, and it’s a special thrill for incoming freshmen to know that in their first year, their campus will, along with the neighboring Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, host a Papal Mass.

He will arrive at JFK worldwide Airport at approximately 5 p.m. before attending evening prayer at St. Patrick’s Cathedral at 6:45 p.m. Tickets will probably be distributed by way of parishes. It is hoped that the location will have the ability to accommodate about 25,000 individuals.

The chief Vatican spokesman, Federico Lombardi, said on Tuesday that the pope had not yet decided whether he would chew the leaves after Bolivia’s culture minister revealed this week that the pope had “specifically requested” that coca leaves be made available during his trip.

The trip to the United States will begin on 22 September, when Pope Francis is due to land at Andrews air force base.

– Celebrates Mass in the minor Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, Santiago. Pope Francis will attend a welcoming ceremony on September 23, and he will have a private meeting with Obama afterward. “He will be speaking to hearts of people about what is our relationship to each other, to God”, Wuerl said.

Before the pope leaves Washington, he’ll go to an area Catholic church and meet these helped by a lunch meal program. A lot of people have patted the pope on the head, but said he’s wrong on the economics.

“Pope Francis has captured the imagination of people around the world and touched the hearts of all of us”, Cardinal Wuerl said.

In Philadelphia, he will also visit the Curran-Fromhold prison and preside at a rally on the theme of freedom of religion with Hispanics and other immigrants in Independence Mall.