At 10:45 this morning, the Holy Father Francis presided over the Eucharistic Celebration, in the Corso Vittorio Emanuele at Bari, at the conclusion of the meeting of reflection and spirituality entitled “Mediterranean: Border of Peace,” in the course of which he pronounced the homily.
At the end of the Celebration, after the greeting and words of gratitude of H.E. Monsignor Francesco Cacucci, Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, the Pope led the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful and pilgrims gathered there.
Then he went by car to Christopher Columbus Square, from which he left by helicopter at 12:50 pm, to return to the Vatican.