Speculation Surrounding Pope Francis Resigning Ahead of Trip to L'Aquila | EWTN News Nightly

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The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will go to the city of L'Aquila in Central Italy in late August. The Holy Father will travel to the city around 80 miles from Rome for a celebration and to open the Basilica's Holy Door. It will be the Holy Father's first trip to an Italian city this year. Though it sounds perfectly normal, the announcement raised a lot of speculation among longtime Vatican observers. Rome Correspondent Colm Flynn joins to tell us more about this trip and the reaction after the announcement. Flynn shares whether there is anything significant about the timing of this trip. He explains the official reason from the Vatican that the Pope is visiting L'Aquila. EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf