Pope to preside over Valentine's Day celebration at Vatican

A VNA reporter in Italy quoted ADN Kronos as saying that Pope Francis I will preside over a special ceremony on Valentine's Day in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on February 14.

This initiative was launched by the Pope to promote the value of family and so far, 17,000 couples from Italy and the world about to get married have registered to attend this special ceremony.

Pope Francis at Christmas Mass at the Vatican. (Source: AFP/VNA)

Initially, after the idea was proposed, the meeting between the Pope and the couples was planned to be held inside the Vatican, but due to the large number of people registering to attend, the ceremony had to be moved to St. Peter's Square. Holding it here would attract tens of thousands more people to participate.

Valentine's Day is celebrated worldwide by lovers, taking its name from the death of Saint Valentine, one of the first Catholic martyrs.

This is the day when the whole world celebrates love between couples. They express their love by sending each other Valentine cards, roses, chocolates and some other special gifts with many meanings./.

According to VNA