Pope Francis will visit the Porziuncola chapel in Assisi to mark the 800th anniversary of the Pardon of Assisi, it has been announced.
The visit to the Porziuncola, the small church housed inside the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels which St Francis of Assisi restored and where he founded the Franciscan order at the start of the 13th century, will take place on August 4.
The visit was announced on Monday in a statement by the Bishop of Assisi, Mgr Domenico Sorrentino, Fr Michael Perry, the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, Fr Claudio Durighetto, the provincial minister, and Fr Rosario Gugliotta, the Custodian of the Porziuncola.
