The Vatican has released a copy of the Mass booklet that will be used for this Sunday’s Papal Mass to mark the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines.
Published by the Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, the booklet contains texts and songs in Italian, English, Filipino, Cebuano and Latin.
The Mass will be held at St. Peter’s Basilica at 10 a.m. (5 p.m. in the Philippines).
Father Gregory Gaston, rector of the Pontifical Filipino College in Rome, said the service will be on the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter “so slots are extremely limited.”
Only about 100 people are allowed inside the basilica to maintain physical distancing due to the pandemic, but giant monitor screens in St. Peter’s Square will be activated.
There will also only be 10 concelebrants during the Mass, including Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and Cardinal Angelo Di Donatis, the pope’s Vicar for Rome.
At 12 noon, Pope Francis is also scheduled to pray the Sunday Angelus, where he usually mentions the occasion for the Mass held earlier, and greets the people on the square.
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