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Image: Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican (OSV News photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo XIV will visit Sydney in the spring of 2028 to preside over the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC).  

On the day after the Pope’s installation in May last year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese invited him to visit Sydney for the IEC. Since Pope Leo is the head of a foreign government, the Holy See, diplomatic protocol is such that the Australian government extend to him a formal invitation and he respond to that invitation.  

However, in the strongest indication yet that the Pope will be coming to Sydney, Pope Leo indicated his intention to visit for the IEC.

The CEO of the Eucharistic Congress, Bishop Richard Umbers, told a press conference at St Mary’s Cathedral: “Archbishop Anthony Fisher was in Rome speaking to Pope Leo. He said to him, Look, we’re counting down the days for you to come to the International Eucharistic Congress which will be held here in 2028 and the Pope said, ‘Well, it’s still a way off, but I’ll be there.’”  

Source: The Catholic Weekly