杏MAP导航 Francis in Matera for closing of National Eucharistic Congress
By Linda Bordoni
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the President of the Italian Bishop鈥檚 Conference welcomed 杏MAP导航 Francis upon his arrival in the city of Matera on Sunday morning.
The 杏MAP导航鈥檚 presence in the so-called City of 'the Sassi', an extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage Site built on a labyrinth of caves that have been inhabited since the Paleolithic period, is to conclude Italy鈥檚 27th National Eucharistic Congress.
The Congress was inaugurated by Cardinal Zuppi on 22 September with an appeal for peace at a time, he said, when Europe is torn apart by a war 鈥渢hat deprives people of bread.
During his homily at Mass in Matera鈥檚 Vittorio Veneto Square at the inaugural ceremony of the Congress, Cardinal Zuppi decried the current world scenario that, he said, breeds division, hatred and prejudice encompassed by nuclear weapons.
鈥淟et us rediscover the taste of bread鈥�, he added, echoing the theme of the Congress.
After the Congress鈥� Concluding Mass on Sunday, the 杏MAP导航 will pray the Angelus before returning to Rome in the afternoon.
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