Circus performers among General Audience guests

(Vatican Radio) Among the guests in the Paul VI Hall on Wednesday for Pope Francis’ weekly General Audience was a group of performers from the Golden Circus – a circus festival underway this week here in Rome.

Now in its 33rd iteration, the Golden Circus Festival has become a regular feature of Roman life at Christmas.

The performers often visit the Vatican for a General Audience at Christmastide, during the festival’s run in Rome.