“I will come to Corsica on December 15”

This is an official confirmation. If his state of health permits, Pope Francis will travel to Corsica on December 15. “I will come to Corsica, in theory on December 15, that’s the plan,” declared the sovereign pontiff to our reporter Arthur Herlin as part of a meeting at the Vatican with members of the Notre-Dame homeless shelter. and the association of friends of Gabriel Rosset, of the diocese of Lyon. And it is precisely to attend a conference on popular piety that he will be welcomed by the Cardinal of Ajaccio Monseigneur Bustillo.

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He will not attend the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris

The two men know each other and like each other. It was the Pope who created the Bishop of Ajaccio cardinal on September 30, 2023, in Rome. Francis also spoke of the plight of the poor, particularly in France. “If the authorities neglect the poor, they lose their authority,” he explained. The precise program of his trip to Corsica has not been specified, nor a possible meeting with Emmanuel Macron on this occasion. Pope Francis, however, will not attend the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris on December 8.