The Belgian Bishops’ Conference has announced a new collection among the country's faithful to raise 800,000 euros ($940,000) to cover the remaining debts owed for the visit made by Pope Francis last year.
This 26 September will mark one year since Pope Francis’s apostolic visit to Belgium to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the Catholic universities of Leuven and Leuven-la-Neuve, a trip that involved a significant financial and logistical effort, reports the Catholic News Agency (CNA).
It reports that the late Pope’s visit, which lasted two and a half days, cost more than 3 million euros ($3.5 million).
