Jubilee for prisoners, canonizations among pope's upcoming events
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IMAGE: CNS photo/John Riley, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The last three months of the Year ofMercy include jubilee celebrations for the imprisoned and for homeless people. Releasing a schedule of liturgical celebrations over whichPope Francis will preside, the Vatican included Holy Year Masses for prisonersNov. 6 and for the homeless Nov. 13. The schedule, released at the Vatican Sept. 6, also mentionshis planned trips to Georgia and Azerbaijan Sept. 30-Oct. 2, and to Sweden Oct.31-Nov. 1 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The pope also will preside over Mass with canonizations inSt. Peter's Square Oct. 16, World Mission Sunday. The pope will declare six menand one woman saints, including the Argentine "gaucho priest," Blessed Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, and Blessed Jose Sanchez del Rio,a 14-year-old Mexican boy martyred for refusing to renounce his faith duringthe Cristero War of the1920s.Also on the calendar:-- Sept. 25:...
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By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The last three months of the Year of
Mercy include jubilee celebrations for the imprisoned and for homeless people.
Releasing a schedule of liturgical celebrations over which
Pope Francis will preside, the Vatican included Holy Year Masses for prisoners
Nov. 6 and for the homeless Nov. 13.
The schedule, released at the Vatican Sept. 6, also mentions
his planned trips to Georgia and Azerbaijan Sept. 30-Oct. 2, and to Sweden Oct.
31-Nov. 1 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
The pope also will preside over Mass with canonizations in
St. Peter's Square Oct. 16, World Mission Sunday. The pope will declare six men
and one woman saints, including the Argentine "gaucho priest," Blessed Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, and Blessed Jose Sanchez del Rio,
a 14-year-old Mexican boy martyred for refusing to renounce his faith during
the Cristero War of the
1920s.
Also on the calendar:
-- Sept. 25: Jubilee Mass in St. Peter's Square for
catechists.
-- Oct. 8: Jubilee Prayer Vigil in St. Peter's Square with
delegations from Marian shrines around the world.
-- Oct. 9: Jubilee Mass in St. Peter's Square in honor of
Mary.
-- Nov. 4: Memorial Mass
in St. Peter's Basilica for bishops and cardinals who have died in the past
year.
-- Nov. 20: Mass in St.
Peter's Basilica for the closing of the Holy Year of Mercy.
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