Vatican City, Mar 12, 2007 / 12:02 pm
The Vatican announced this weekend, by way of the Press Office of the Holy See, that Pope Benedict XVI will spend his summer vacation days in the mountains of Northwest Italy.
“The Holy Father has accepted an invitation extended by the bishops of the Italian Dioceses of Treviso and Belluno-Feltre to spend his summer vacation in Lorenzago di Cadore in the Dolomite mountains,” the press release read.
“From July 9 to 27, Benedict XVI will stay in the same house, belonging to the diocese of Treviso, as was used in the past by John Paul II.”