After approximately an hour of flight, the plane that brought Pope Francis back to Rome landed at Fiumicino airport, after completing his apostolic visit to Ajaccio (France), the last international trip scheduled for 2024.
The Holy Father traveled this Sunday to the French island of Corsica to participate in the closing of the congress “Popular Religiosity in the Mediterranean”, which is the 47th apostolic trip of his pontificate.
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Bishops from Italy, France and Spain, as well as members of different brotherhoods, were present at the congress on popular religiosity.
During the closing, Pope Francis reiterated that faith is not a private fact and assured that popular piety can nourish the “constructive citizenship” of Christians, but he also asked that these manifestations aim to lead to an encounter with Christ and not to limited “to external or folkloric aspects.”
During the twelve-hour visit to Corsica, Pope Francis also met with local clergy and members of consecrated life, celebrated a Mass in Austerlitz Square and held a private meeting with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
Eduardo Berdejo
Professional in Social Communication from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru, I have more than 20 years of experience in Catholic digital journalism. As part of ACI Prensa I have been sent to cover Pope Francis’ trips to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, in addition to the Synodality Synod in the Vatican in 2023.