Venice ready to welcome Pope Francis

(27 Apr 2024)
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Venice, Italy - 27 April 2024
1. Various of chairs being unloaded in front of Saint Mark's basilica for the Sunday mass that will be presided by Pope Francis in Venice
2. Various of police and people finishing altar
3. Various of giant screen being set up in front of basilica
4. Pan from rows of chairs to Saint Mark's Basilica and close on Lion symbol of Venice
5. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, Patriarch of Venice:
“First of all peace in peace, which in this period is the priority, an urgency. And let's say that on the Holy Father's lips we hear this theme coming back again and again, which is somewhat disregarded in other venues where we talk more about the geopolitical situation, which obviously also has its relevance. But we need to think that peace is the real, ultimate answer to these problems."
6. Clerics during rehearsal
7. Tables and chairs in front of altar
8. Various of policemen patrolling Saint Mark's Square
9. Wide tilt down Saint Mark's Square
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Venice - 25 April 2024
10. Various of municipal stewards checking day-tripper’s access fee payment
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Venice, Italy - 27 April 2024
11. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, Patriarch of Venice:
“In the ticket (access fee) there is a limit. There is a part, I would say. Less nice because it can become discriminatory especially against the weaker, larger families who have the right to come to Venice one day, to be able to live it with serenity."
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Venice - 25 April 2024
12. Various of sign explaining new access fee for day-trippers
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Venice, Italy - 27 April 2024
13. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, Patriarch of Venice: “
"It is a trial. I hope that the attempts will be evaluated for the pros and cons and see if in the end it is the right way and the way to continue with it."
14. Wide of Moraglia
15. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, Patriarch of Venice:
“When Roncalli was patriarch of Venice, so we are in the 1950s, this area (Venice) that today is inhabited by 49,000 inhabitants, was inhabited by 166,000 inhabitants."
16. Various of temporary bridge that will be used by Pope Francis to cross from the meeting with the catholic youth in front of Santa Maria della Salute church to Saint Mark square
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Venice, Italy - 19 April 2024
17. Exteriors of Venice female prison, hosting Vatican biennale pavilion
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Venice, Italy - 27 April 2024
18. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, Patriarch of Venice:
“They (penitentiaries) are places of sadness, places of suffering and (the visit) is to say to these people look that a persona with a global relevance like the Pope is coming to Venice and he's coming to see you so it's real concrete encouragement."
19. Various of gondolas
20. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, Patriarch of Venice:
“It was yesterday's news that the Pope is going to the G7 for artificial intelligence, to talk mostly about that. A city like Venice can really be a laboratory for a sustainable quality of life in the face of progress in technology and science."
21. Gondolas and wide of Gran Canal
STORYLINE:
Pope Francis will visit Venice on Sunday where he will meet female prisoners, Catholic youngsters and hold a mass in St Mark's Square.
According to the Patriarch of Venice, Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, the key word of the papal trip will be “peace.”
Pope Francis has frequently spoken out about the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.
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