Le Pape est parti ce mercredi matin pour se rendre à Lisbonne. Son avion a décollé de Rome. Il est ensuite arrivé dans la capitale portugaise où il entamera son 42ème voyage apostolique.
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Le Pape a été accueilli pas les autorités civiles et politiques du Portugal.
Pope Francis arrived in Lisbon to participate in World Youth Day Lisbon 2023. This is his 42nd apostolic journey and his 2nd visit to Portugal. He will visit the Fatima Shrine on Saturday. This is his fourth #WYD after Rio, Kraków and Panama. #Lisboa2023
pic.twitter.com/ycYfIDlESg— EWTN Vatican (@EWTNVatican) August 2, 2023
President of Portugal gives state welcome to Pope Francis at the Palacio Nacional de Belem in Lisbon pic.twitter.com/CnkzTAiXDC
— Gerard O'Connell (@gerryorome) August 2, 2023
Le Pape s’est exprimé devant les autorités: il a ainsi critiqué l’euthanasie, tout en mettant en cause les populismes.
Pope Francis addressing members of Portugal’s Socialist government criticises them for legalising euthanasia: “Where are you sailing if before life’s ills you over hasty but mistaken remedies, like easy access to death, a convenient answer that seems sweet but is in fact more… pic.twitter.com/ECowMhtzZK
— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) August 2, 2023
Pope Francis in first address in Portugal: “There are many areas where we witnessing a climate of protest and unrest, a fertile terrain for forms of populism and conspiracy theories. World Youth Day represents a chance to build together, it revives our desire to accomplish… pic.twitter.com/pWdFX28qoA
— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) August 2, 2023
Le Pape a par ailleurs reçu une forte ovation.
Pope Francis is given standing ovation by an audience of 1000 people incl Portugal’s civil and religious authorities and the diplomatic corps when he ends speech pic.twitter.com/adznDdh5Lj
— Gerard O'Connell (@gerryorome) August 2, 2023
Le Pape participera ensuite aux Journées mondiales de la jeunesse (JMJ).