For the third time, Pope Francis is a trip to the preparation of France. After visiting the European Parliament in Strasbourg in 2014 and participating in the Rencontres Méditerranénnes in Marseille in September 2023, he will go to Ajaccio, Córico, on Sunday 15. As with his previous trips, the Pontiff is not. Religiosity: The Vatican press release, issued on November 23, did not mention France.
This visit, only one week after the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris, which refused to attend multiple invities sent by the Elysée, as well as the diocese, obviously does not go unnoticed. Ash I monde Revealed in November, the Pope’s agenda bothered Elles and caused an indignant phone call from Emmanuel Macron’s teams to the Ajaccio archbishop, Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, who had started the conference.
The Holy See is reluctant to sacrifice an explanation of the refusal to go to Paris. “The trip to Corsica is in line with other trips to Europe, which have always favored the closest countries and more border locations,” said a Senior Vatican source, which wishes to remain in anonymity. “Córcega is part of France, but it is also an island in the Mediterranean, that the great basin is quickly becoming a grave for so many migrants. I see a link with the trip to Marseille, but none with Paris. This trip to Córico is totally independent.”
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