Pope Francis will meet with Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery on Monday at a Mass for Peace and Reconciliation at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul.

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told reporters at a news briefing in Seoul on Saturday that the pope will meet with the surviving victims in person, although it is not decided yet whether he will meet them before or after the Mass.

Father Matthias Hur Young-yup, a spokesman for the organizing committee for the papal visit, said the meeting will naturally occur, as three elderly former comfort women will be seated in the front row at the Mass.

Meanwhile, Lombardi said that during a car parade before the beatification ceremony on Saturday, the pope did not plan to stop his car to meet the families of the Sewol victims. The spokesman said the pope’s heart always follows those in pain, which naturally leads him to act to console and soothe them.

Lombardi also warned against speculations over the pope wearing a yellow ribbon on his chest to honor the Sewol victims. He stressed that the pontiff always tries to console people in pain and participate in their moves to show his support.