A week after the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, a ceremony in which he refused to participate, Francis plans to make a pastoral visit to Ajaccio.
The Pope heads for Corsica. This 47e Francis' trip outside Italy, scheduled for Sunday December 15, should be made official by the Vatican in the coming days. The technical team of the Holy See, which meticulously prepares each trip, will be in Corsica next week. It is a question of validating the logistics of this excursion limited to the city of Ajaccio where this short papal round trip is to take place, even if Corsican rumors claim that Francis could arrive the day before, December 14, on the island of Beauty. The official reason for this unexpected visit of the pope is a conference organized by the diocese on “popular religiosity in the Mediterranean” with some Spanish, Sicilian and Sardinian prelates.
A mountain of incomprehension
On the Vatican coast, the pattern chosen is that of pastoral visits to Italian towns, even if Corsica has no longer been attached to the Republic of Genoa since 1768: early arrival, mass, meeting with personalities, return to Rome afterwards. -noon…
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