(ANSA) - Rome, January 29 - More than 20,000 people have signed up for Pope Francis's first Jubilee audience this weekend, Holy Year coordinator Monsignor Rino Fisichella said Friday.
The audience will take place in St Peter's Square on Saturday. "Pope Francis has welcomed with generosity the numerous requests by pilgrims to meet him," Monsignor Fisichella told a press conference.
"One Saturday a month there will be a special audience in addition to the usual audience every Wednesday."
Over 20,000 to attend first Jubilee Papal audience
Special audience to be held Saturday