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Pope Departs for Mozambique, Madagascar, & Mauritius, Marking 4th Apostolic Visit in Africa
Francis Visited Santa Maria Maggiore Ahead of His 1st Trip to the 3 ‘M’s’ of the Peripheries
Pope Francis has departed from Rome and is headed toward Mozambique.
This morning, at 8:04 a.m., the Alitalia papal flight, carrying the Pope, his entourage and journalists, took off from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, en route for the African nation’s capital of Maputo.
The Holy Father’s Sept. 4-10 visit to the ‘three ‘M’s’ of Mozambique, Madagascar, and Mauritius, marks the Pope’s fourth visit to Africa, his second to Sub-Saharan Africa, and represent the Holy Father’s attention to the peripheries and the poor. It also marks his 31st Apostolic Trip.
Each of these nations had been visited by St. Pope John Paul II during his pontificate.
Yesterday, as is customary, Francis went to Rome’s Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore to entrust the trip to Our Lady’s help and protection.
After the Pope’s nearly 11-hour flight, the Pope will be arriving in the country’s capital of Maputo after 6:30 p.m. local time and will go direct to the residence of the apostolic nuncio where he will be staying during his time in the country. Tomorrow will mark his first full day.
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