Benedict XVI sent a message to the president of France thanking him for the country’s warm welcome this weekend.
The Pope returned to Castel Gandolfo today, after a four-day trip to Paris and Lourdes.
The Holy Father arrived in Paris on Friday, and met with political, religious and cultural leaders before meeting with France’s youth in front of the Notre-Dame cathedral. On Saturday the Holy Father celebrated a Mass at the Esplanade des Invalides, which was attended by 260,000 people.
He traveled to Lourdes in the afternoon to participate in the celebrations surrounding the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady to St. Bernadette Soubirous.
In Lourdes the Pope visited all the stages of the Jubilee Way: the parish church where Bernadette was baptized, the abandoned prison known as the “Cachot” where the Soubirous family lived, the grotto of the apparitions and hospital oratory where Bernadette made her first Communion.
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Pope Thanks France for Warm Welcome
Benedict XVI sent a message to the president of France thanking him for the country’s warm welcome this weekend.
The Pope returned to Castel Gandolfo today, after a four-day trip to Paris and Lourdes.
The Holy Father arrived in Paris on Friday, and met with political, religious and cultural leaders before meeting with France’s youth in front of the Notre-Dame cathedral. On Saturday the Holy Father celebrated a Mass at the Esplanade des Invalides, which was attended by 260,000 people.
He traveled to Lourdes in the afternoon to participate in the celebrations surrounding the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady to St. Bernadette Soubirous.
In Lourdes the Pope visited all the stages of the Jubilee Way: the parish church where Bernadette was baptized, the abandoned prison known as the “Cachot” where the Soubirous family lived, the grotto of the apparitions and hospital oratory where Bernadette made her first Communion.
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