PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pope Francis will visit Philadelphia jail inmates the morning of an outdoor Mass that organizers say could attract a crowd of more than a million people.
The Vatican released details of Francis’ Sept. 26-27 visit on Tuesday, along with the official itinerary for the rest of his nine-day journey to the Americas.
Francis is scheduled to arrive in Cuba on Sept. 20 and address Congress in Washington D.C. and the United Nations in New York before flying to Philadelphia.
The itinerary includes a Sept. 26 Mass at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul and a meeting at Independence Hall.
On Sept. 27, he’s set to meet with bishops attending the World Meeting of Families and inmates at the city’s Curran-Fromhold jail before a mass on the city’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
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