Intronation of the Pope in San Pietro: the first delegations have arrived, also Zelensky at the ceremony. Presidency the highways
Operating Presidia of Anas along the GR and on the Rome-Fiumicino, in correspondence with the motorway interconnections and the branches to the airports
Beyond 150 thousand faithful and, from abroad, about 200 delegations. There Starting of the pontificate of the new Pope Sunday 18 May It will propose in the capital numbers that had already been recorded on the occasion of the funeral of Bergoglio. The organizational machine is therefore back in motion.
There will also be Volodymyr Zelensky in San Pietro for the prevost settlement ceremony. The Ukrainian president and his wife Olena They will participate tomorrow in intronation rites. The presence of the Ukrainian leader is confirmed in the official list of the Holy See. His head of cabinet, Andriy Yermak, and the foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, will also be in the capital. Among the expected authorities also
The American vice -president JD Vance.
Anas, traffic and controls on the roads
In view of the increase in flows of traffic towards the capital scheduled for the ceremony of enthusiast pope Leo XIV, Anas ha intensified The services of surveillance on the road and highway network.
In addition to normal activities, further seven are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday presìdi operational along the motorways of Large ring road And Rome-Fiumicinoin correspondence of the motorway interconnections and the branches towards airports of Fiumicino and Ciampino, to guarantee the surveillance and management of any critical issues. The Lazio Territorial Operations Room and the national situations room, in close connection with the Traffic Police, will carry out the monitoring continuous of the road.
In Rome 150 thousand faithful
On the security front, deploy the law enforcement and the Civil Protectionfor the welcome to the faithful.
«As a Lazio Region – explains the regional councilor for housing policies and civil protection Pasquale Ciacciarelli – we have provided for the day of the more than Sunday 300 volunteers who will carry out assistance and information activities to the population in the area surrounding the Basilica of San Pietro ». Arrival is expected, these are the latest estimates, of 150 thousand faithful. «Also in these days the Lazio Civil Protection is present with about 150 volunteers for the procession which, on the occasion of Jubilee of the Confraternitieswill start from Piazza Celimontana and will see the participation of about 60 thousand faithful ».
The arrival of delegations in Fiumicino
Meanwhile, government and presidential delegations From all over the world, but also religious, Rome are reaching in these hours to attend the settlement ceremony of Pope Leo XIV tomorrow.
From Vance to von der Leyen, up to Macron and King Felipe: about 200 delegations are announced. The presence of the Ukrainian leader is also confirmed Volodymyr Zelensky.
TO Fiumicinoalready from the early hours of this morning, arrivals follow one another at the State Ceremonial, the airport area reserved for the transit of political and religious personalities. Great is therefore the coming and going of cars with plaque «diplomatic body»That, below stockthey arrive and then start from Leonardo da Vinci after taking the various personalities just landed on board.
Among the first to arrive this morning in Fiumicino, the vice president of the Republic of BurundiProsper Bazombance, and the Prime Minister of MozambiqueLevi Maria Benvinda. Shortly after 10 the President of the Republic arrived of ParaguaySantiago Palacios penalty, and the vice president of the Republic of BrazilAlkmin Geraldo.
In the day the arrival of the President of the European Parliament scheduled, Roberta Metsola and of the President of the Republic of PeruDina Ercilia Bolarte Zegarra. The Austrian Federal Chancellor, Christian Stocker, the ecumenical patriarch, Bartolomeo I, the patriarch of the Assyrians Mar Awa III Royel and Jeanette Dousdebes, wife of the US Secretary of State, Marco Antonio Rubio. In addition to Fiumicino, other arrivals are also planned in Ciampino.
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