En 2008, le voyage de Benoît XVI en France, sous le signe de saint Augustin

In brief

Pope Benedict XVI began a pilgrimage to France in Paris on September 12, 2008, to mark the 150th anniversary of the apparitions at Lourdes.

According to Vatican News, the theologian Pope used the trip to honor French culture while teaching the works of Saint Augustine, the author of The City of God. This upcoming visit by the current Pope on September 25 follows a similar pattern of engagement with French culture and theology.