APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS to MARSEILLE

22 - 23 SEPTEMBER 2023

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for the conclusion of the “Rencontres Méditerranéennes”

Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Marseille

Roma 22 Sep - 14:35

Official Welcome

Marsiglia 22 Sep - 16:15

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Marian Prayer with the Diocesan Clergy

Marsiglia 22 Sep - 17:15

Dear brothers and sisters, good afternoon!
I am happy to begin my visit by sharing this moment of prayer with you. I thank Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline for his words of welcome and I greet Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, my brother Bishops, the Rectors and all of you – priests, deacons, seminarians, and consecrated men and women – who work in this Archdiocese with generosity and dedication to build a society of encounter with God and neighbour. Thank you for your presence, your service and ...

Moment of Reflection with Religious Leaders near the Memorial dedicated to sailors and migrants lost at sea

Marsiglia 22 Sep - 18:00

Dear brothers and sisters,
Thank you for being here. Before us is the sea, a source of life, yet this place evokes the tragedy of shipwrecks, which cause death. We are gathered in memory of those who did not make it, who were not saved. Let us not get used to considering shipwrecks as news stories, and deaths at sea as numbers: no, they are names and surnames, they are faces and stories, they are broken lives and shattered dreams. I think of so many brothers and sisters drowned in fear, along ...

Private Meeting with People experiencing economic hardship

Marsiglia 23 Sep - 8:45

Final Session of the “Rencontres Méditerranéennes”

Marsiglia 23 Sep - 10:00

Mr President, Dear brother Bishops, Distinguished Mayors and Authorities representing cities and territories bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, Dear friends all!
I offer my cordial greetings and I am grateful to each of you for having accepted the invitation of Cardinal Aveline to participate in these meetings. Thank you for your work and the valuable reflections that you shared. After Bari and Florence, the journey in service to the Mediterranean peoples is moving forward: here also, Church ...

Meeting with the President of the Republic

Marsiglia 23 Sep - 11:30

Holy Mass

Marsiglia 23 Sep - 16:15

The Scriptures tell us that, having established his kingdom, King David decided to transport the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. After summoning the people, he rose and set out to bring the Ark; on the way, he and the people danced before it, rejoicing in the presence of the Lord (cf. 2 Sam 6:1-15). It is against the backdrop of this scene that the evangelist Luke recounts Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth. Mary, too, rises and sets out for the region of Jerusalem, and when she enters ...