2026 11 06 The Pope's Greeting on the Flight from Rome to Montevideo
7 November 2026
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00:12 - 00:45
Speaker 2
Buongiorno Santità. Bentrovato a bordo. Con lei questa, per questo viaggio molto atteso, viaggiano circa 80 giornalisti di cui 10 dei paesi che andremo a visitare. C'è un certo entusiasmo anche da parte dei giornalisti che viaggiano con lei, entusiasmo misto a un po' di timore anche per l'intensità del viaggio. Bentrovato e forse lei vuole dirci una parola, visto che siamo in ottima compagnia stamattina.
00:45 - 01:32
Speaker 3
Buongiorno a tutti, buenos días and good morning everyone. First of all, I'd like to welcome all of you and once again express my gratitude for your service, for the work that you do which is so important in helping us to spread the word, and especially of course the word which is God's message of peace, goodwill for all people. I'm very happy to be here myself. I know some people were doubtful about this trip taking place. I confess that from the first day I had no doubt and was convinced that this trip had to go forward, and very happy to say praise the Lord, and thanks to wonderful medical assistance, I'm here today, I think, in fairly good shape.
01:33 - 03:44
Speaker 1
So, you're the witnesses of that, and I'm happy that you're joining us. I would also like to take the opportunity to present someone that many of you already know, but the new Prefect for the Vatican Dicastery for Communications, Dr. Montse Montserrata Alvarado, who has joined the Vatican team, the Holy See, taking on this challenging role as Prefect of Communications, taking the role of Dr. Paolo Ruffini, who has completed his term of service. And so, now we have the wonderful experience, the creativity and the life and liveliness of Montse, who will be accompanying us on this trip, and helping the Vatican and myself in the very important dimension of communications. So, welcome Montse. Finally, as you all know, we're headed to three countries in Latin America, each one of them with a very particular history, many things in common, many differences.
And of course, the longest part of the trip will be in Peru, which for myself of course, is one of my many homes. And I'm very happy to be going back there, of course. And just would like to again say that the primary reason for making this trip is to continue the mission of the Bishop of Rome, of the Pope, in sharing the joy of the Gospel, of announcing the good news, and walking together with people, expressing that closeness which is so important for people whether in their moments of joy, or in their moments of sorrow, that they very much are looking for the message of hope in today's world. So, I very much hope that will be the primary focus of this journey with the particular tones of each country visit, their people and cultures. And very happy to share this journey with you.
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