SANTIAGO (CHILE)
La Tercera
>>Pope Francisco assured that his visit to Chile “will not be difficult”
January 14, 2018
“Estudié aquí y tengo muchos amigos y conozco bien Chile”, declaró el líder de la Iglesia Católica durante su vuelo rumbo al país.
El papa Francisco aseguró hoy que su visita a Chile “no será difícil” porque estudió allí, tiene muchos amigos y lo conoce bien, durante el vuelo hacia este país.
“Para mí no será un viaje difícil. Estudié aquí y tengo muchos amigos y conozco bien Chile”, comentó a los 70 representantes de los medios de comunicación, entre ellos EFE y el enviado especial de La Tercera, Juan Paulo Iglesias, que viajan con él.
[Google Translation: “I studied here and I have many friends and I know Chile well,” declared the leader of the Catholic Church during his flight to the country.
Pope Francis said today that his visit to Chile “will not be difficult” because he studied there, has many friends and knows him well , during the flight to this country.
“For me it will not be a difficult trip. I studied here and I have many friends and I know Chile well , “he told the 70 representatives of the media, including EFE and the special envoy of La Tercera, Juan Paulo Iglesias , who travel with him.
On Peru he explained that he knew less because he had been alone three times “for agreements or meetings”.
Francisco lived for one year, in 1960, in Chile in the novitiate of the Jesuits.
“We will have time to rest and work,” he said, remembering that it is the longest direct flight, 15 hours and 40 minutes (12,123 kilometers) that the Alitalia airline has, as well as the longest he has done during his pontificate.
“I wish you a good trip. I have been told from Alitalia that it is the longest direct flight that Alitalia has, 15 hours and 40 minutes. We will have time to rest and work. Thank you for your hard work, three days in one country and three in another. ”
At the beginning of the trip, the journalists were distributed a photograph and the Pope explained its meaning later.
“I found it by case, it’s 45 and it’s a boy with his little brother dead on his back waiting for his turn before the crematorium in Nagasaki after the bomb. It moved me when I saw it and I just wanted to write: the fruit of war and I thought about printing it, “he said.
“Because it moves more than a thousand words,” he added.
Francisco then went on to greet the 70 journalists, photographers and cameras that accompany him on this Latin American journey.]
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