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Pope Francis is welcomed after landing early in the morning at Ajaccio international airport.

Jeannette, 108, who had been waiting there for hours, was blessed by Pope Francis.

Warmly applauded, greeted by shouts “Long live the pope!” » (“long live the Pope” in Corsican), Francis travels through the city in a popemobile under a radiant sun.

Pope Francis closed the conference on “popular religiosity in the Mediterranean” in the company of Cardinal Bustillo, at the origin of this event.

At the end of the morning, the Pope meditates in front of the statue of Maddunnucia, Our Lady of Mercy, patroness of the city. Every March 18, the largest procession on the island is dedicated to him.

Corsicans attend the arrival of the Pope at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Ajaccio.

“Take care of yourself and take care of others”said the Pope to members of the clergy gathered at Ajaccio Cathedral.

On the square in front of Ajaccio Cathedral, Pope Francis speaks with the president of the executive council of Corsica Gilles Simeoni and Cardinal Bustillo.

In the middle of the afternoon, the Corsican brotherhoods gathered to attend the Pope's mass at Casone. They constitute an essential element of the religious and cultural landscape of the Isle of Beauty.

On the Place d'Austerlitz, also called U Casone, the Pope presides over a 1.5 hour mass in front of a crowd made up of faithful, bishops, politicians and members of the brotherhoods.

Last act of the visit to Corsica, Pope Francis and Emmanuel Macron spoke for 45 minutes at Ajaccio airport. The French president assured him that his visit was “a great honor for the city of Ajaccio, for Corsica and for France”.