Pope Francis will hold an audience in Rome with 6,000 homeless pilgrims from all over Europe later this year, Vatican Radio reports.
The pilgrimage will take place from 11-13 November, near the end of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Vatican Radio said. It builds on the success of a 2014 pilgrimage of 150 people living on the streets of France.
Organized by the Fratello Association, the 2016 European Festival of Joy and Mercy includes opportunities to pray with and hear from Pope Francis, according to Vatican Radio.
Rome is expected to welcome tens of millions of pilgrims for the Jubilee Year of Mercy during which believers around the world are encouraged to renew their relationship with God and seek forgiveness for their sins, according to a 700-year-old tradition.
