Crowd in San Marino, lunch in Pennabilli with the nuns, meeting in the Cathedral in Rimini with disabled and poor people. The exhortation: “Be a welcoming place not only for refreshment and entertainment but also for the spirit”
It is the first time since 1982 that a pope participates in the Rimini Meeting, the CL event: “Let us disarm technological development when it becomes pervasive and destructive”
The voices of the faithful lined up for the arrival of the Holy Father under the scorching sun, sheltered by hats and refreshed by lucky fans: “United by faith, but this is also a great celebration”
San Marino: over a thousand people gathered from early morning in Piazza della Libertà. The most touching images were those near the barriers, with dozens of mothers and their little ones reaching out towards the Pontiff
The Pontiff will land in San Marino at 9: there he will spend the entire morning, then he will go to Pennabilli and at 14:45 he will reach the Rimini Fair. In the city, meetings and the ‘tour’ in the popemobile, until the Eucharistic celebration in Piazzale Boscovich. Return in the evening
The Pontiff will arrive in Rimini in the afternoon after stops in San Marino and Pennabilli. Tens of thousands of people are expected along the route, with over 500 law enforcement officers deployed
On the 47th edition of the event, the message from the President of the Republic: “Solidarity, social friendship, the gratuity of love can open new horizons for politics, the economy, and civil life. I wish the Meeting to continue to generously build horizons of humanity.”
The detailed program for August 22: the Pope’s day will start at 9 from the Titan. At lunch, the greeting to the nuns of Pennabilli, at 5:30 pm the meeting with the sick and poor at the Cathedral
Leone XIV’s participation in the Rimini event is an opportunity to reflect on the public role of Christians. The key principle is subsidiarity. It will be a record edition: 140,000 square meters of exhibition space, 3,300 volunteers
The second time of a pontiff at the Cl event. The numbers: 25,000 faithful at the mass, 20,000 at the Fair. The day will begin on the Titan, to celebrate one hundred years of diplomatic relations between San Marino and the Vatican