VATICAN CITY.- This Sunday, the Pope Francisco arrived at the city of venice, Italiawhere you will visit the pavilion of the Holy See in the 60th Art Biennial in a women’s prison, will hold a meeting with young people and give mass in St. Mark’s Square.
The pontiff landed at 07:55 local time (05:55 GMT) by helicopter, in the inner courtyard of the Venetian prison, in the Giudecca islandreported the Vatican, on his first departure from Rome this year and despite his mobility problems.
At 8:15 a.m. (6:16 GMT) she arrived at the Venetian women’s prison where the Holy See has installed its artistic pavilion for the Biennale, titled “With my eyes” to narrate the pain and stigma that inmates experience both inside and outside the prison.
The holy father met with about 80 inmates in the penitentiary courtyard, as well as with the staff, and then gave a first speech and visited the pavilion, in the prison chapel, and also greeted its commissioners and promoters.
Meeting with young people
At 9:30 a.m. (7:30 GMT) he left the island of Giudecca by motorboat to travel to the Venetian basilica of Saint Mary of Healthat whose doors he will keep a meeting with young people.
Mass and prayer of the “Regina Coeli”
And then he crossed the Grand Canal to enter the monumental St. Mark’s Square and celebrate mass.
Once the Eucharist is over and the prayer of ‘Regina Coeli’which replaces the Angelus during the Easter period, the bishop of Rome will privately enter the Basilica of Saint Mark to venerate the relics of the saint.
And at 1:00 p.m. (11:00 GMT) it is scheduled to depart from the Venetian heliport, arriving an hour later at the Vatican.
The trip by Peter’s successor to the monumental City of Canals follows the one made by Benedict XVI in 2011 and will be the first he makes in 2024, despite his well-known mobility problems, which force him to frequently use a chair. wheels.
The 87-year-old Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church had not left Rome since he traveled to the French city of Marseille in September 2023, since in November of that year he was forced to cancel his attendance at the Dubai COP28 climate summit due to health problems.
In any case, Francis will be the first pope to visit the Art Biennale, although his predecessors did make a pilgrimage to this ancient and impressive city on water: John Paul II did so in 1985 and Ratzinguer in 2011.
You might also be interested in: “Images show the devastation caused by a tornado in China”
Related news
#Pope #Francis #visits #60th #Art #Biennale #Venice #Italy
2024-05-13 10:06:55