Pope departs for Apostolic Visit
to Chile and Peru
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| Pope Francis waves from the door of the Alitalia plane that is takenhim to South America.- AFP |
The flight carrying Pope Francis to South America for an
Apostolic Visit to Chile and Peru departed Rome at 8:55 Monday morning.
By Christopher Wells
Pope Francis began his 22nd papal voyage outside of
Italy on Monday, when his flight departed Rome’s Fiumicino Airport for the 15
hour journey to Santiago, Chile.
The Pope’s Apostolic Visit to Chile and
neighbouring Peru will take him to six different cities in the
space of just under a week. His journey begins in the Chilean capital of
Santiago, where, in addition to saying Mass for the faithful, the Holy Father
will meet with civil and religious leaders and visit a women’s prison. On
Wednesday, the Pope will go to Temuco, a city with a large indigenous
population, before returning to Santiago for a meeting with young people. Pope
Francis will spend his final day in Chile in the northern port city of Iqique.
Telegram for Italy
As is customary, the Holy Father will send telegrams to the
various nations he will be flying over as he travels to South America. His
first telegram, in Italian, to the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella,
reads:
"As I leave Rome to travel to Chile and Peru in order
to support the mission of the local Church, and to bring a message of hope, it
is important to me to offer my respectful greetings to you, Mr President, to
which I add my fervent best wishes for the spiritual, civil, and social
well-being of the Italian people, upon whom I willingly bestow my Apostolic
Blessing."
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