VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is to pay a rare visit to Luxembourg before heading to Brussels on Thursday (Sep 26), a trip to "the heart of Europe" he will use to discuss the continent's role in the world. Recovering from a
Pope Francis arrives to board his plane heading to Luxembourg at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Sep 26, 2024. VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is to pay a rare visit to Luxembourg before heading to Brussels on Thursday , a trip to"the heart of Europe " he will use to discuss the continent's role in the world., the 87-year-old pontiff took off from Rome aboard the papal plane and was due to land at Luxembourg Airport at around 10am .
Bringing his message"to the heart of Europe" against a backdrop of soaring international tensions, Francis will evoke the role the continent"wants to play in the world in the near future" for peace and solidarity, Bruni told a press conference. Jean Ehret, a priest and director of the Luxembourg School Of Religion & Society, described the occasion as"historic" and"unexpected", quipping that the small Grand Duchy does not usually top a pontiff's travel list.
Sandwiched between Belgium, Germany and France, landlocked Luxembourg is home to the European Investment Bank and the Court of Justice of the European Union, among other European institutions, and has one of the world's highest rates of gross domestic income per capita."Pope Francis is visiting a very different society to the one seen by John-Paul II," political analyst Philippe Poirier told AFP.
The Argentine pope, who has relied on a wheelchair since 2022 because of knee pain and sciatica, has suffered increasing health problems in recent years.
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