Pope to give 26 speeches on Cuba-US tour, 4 in English
New details about Pope Francis' trip to Cuba and the United State were released by the Vatican Tuesday. Among the tidbits shared by Cindy Wooden, the Rome bureau chief for the Catholic News Service, on her on Twitter account (@Cindy_Wooden) were:
New details about Pope Francis' trip to Cuba and the United State were released by the Vatican Tuesday.
Among the tidbits shared by Cindy Wooden, the Rome bureau chief for the Catholic News Service, on her on Twitter account (@Cindy_Wooden) were:
- The pope will give 26 speeches in Cuba and the United States, four of them completely in English.
- Francis and Fidel Castro likely will meet while the pope is in Cuba, but nothing has been scheduled yet.
- The pope will travel by helicopter to Philadelphia's Curran-Fromhold jail for his visit with inmates and their families on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 27.
- Vice President Biden will see the pope off when he leaves Philadelphia for Rome the night of Sept. 27.
- As previously reported, the popemobile during the U.S. leg of the tour will use a modified Jeep Wrangler, not the Hyundai he debuted in Rome earlier this summer.