“Even the Good Mother has a tear in her eye”: account of a historic mass by Pope Francis in Marseille

2023-09-24 03:27:47

He entered with a bang that would make Papin, Waddle, Boli, or any idol of the Vélodrome blush. Perched on his popemobile, big smile on his lips, no doubt captured by the immense “tifo” – representing him and the Good Mother, of course – deployed by the south gallery, Pope Francis arrived on Saturday in the legendary enclosure of the OM, the Marseille football club, to the cheers of 57,000 faithful chanting “Papa Francesco!” »