Planning is underway for Pope Francis to have an extra General Audience each month during the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
The Prefect of the Pontifical Household, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, told Vatican Radio the extra General Audiences could possibly be on a Saturday.
Archbishop Gaenswein said that since the beginning of Pope Francis’s pontificate in March 2013, 15 million people have been present for his General Audiences, Angelus addresses and special audiences in the Vatican.
The Pope’s General Audience on August 26 will mark the 100th such occasion for Pope Francis.