Pope Francis to begin intense series of meetings and ceremonies that has brought all cardinals to Rome
Anyone who has reason to do business with the Vatican soon learns that the HQ of world Catholicism by and large shuts down in the month of August. Not this year.
Starting on Saturday, Pope Francis begins an intense four days of meetings and papal ceremonies that has brought all his cardinals to Rome, in turn putting the small media army of Holy See tea-leaf readers on alert mode.
