At les Invalides
The photo gives you some idea of the crowds at les Invalides this morning. I will try to post more on the visit later today. Apparently the Pope has impressed everyone and the visit seems to have energized French Catholics into a reawakening of both national pride and religious conviction. He is now in Lourdes for the 150th anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin to Bernadette Soubirous.
Labels: Benedict XVI
posted by tiberge @ 3:19 PM
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The mass at Lourdes which was televised was really beautiful. One can hear that French is really the Holy Father's second language, and even though he reads from his papers, I think he has the most expression in French (other than German perhaps).
As to the Invalides, what was this ugly plywood behind the Pope? In close-up it looked really inappropriate, like a house in the middle of construction. They couldn't drape something over it?
That picture is amazing!
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