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Pope Francis' visit to Marseille is imminent! Between setting up the security apparatus, dodging attempts at political recuperation, speeches and various meetings, the program is loaded.
In Yerevan, Armenians are struggling to mourn Artsakh, now at the hands of Azerbaijan. Speaking of mourning, we know a little more about the incredible case of a university professor who murdered her husband.
The Macron camp is preparing for the European elections and refining an anti-RN strategy. For its part, the SNCF has launched a "Botox" plan to give a facelift to old trains before putting them back on track (dare we say) on the rails.
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Pope Francis' highly political visit to Marseille
Pope Francis (here, in April 2023) will begin his visit to Marseille with a meeting with about sixty bishops from countries around the Mediterranean at the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde basilica. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP.
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I come to Marseille, not in France," Francis kept repeating, obviously very happy with his aphorism. One thinks of the joke of the Unknowns in 1990: "What is the first Arab city crossed by theParis-Dakar? Marseille!
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