The Pope met with this official delegation from the city of Toledo and the Castilla-La Mancha region. They invited him to pay them a visit if he ever travels to Spain.
Pope Francis visited Toledo as a young man.
I've been to Toledo only once. When I was in Alcalá, on a day trip with some classmates. We arrived early in the morning and returned that same night.
That's easily remedied. You can return.
To convince him, the president of the region gave the Pope a classic work of literature.
It's a special edition of “Don Quixote.” Castilla La Mancha is the land of Quixote. In fact, the story starts in the Alana Square in Toledo.
Thank you very much.
Don Quixote's words of wisdom continue to be relevant today.
Francisco Cerro Chaves, Archbishop of Toledo, gave him another gift with an invitation.
She is Our Lady of Guadalupe of Extremadura. She's the patroness of Extremadura and the patroness of Hispanic people. It was made by the Franciscan community there.
And the mayor gave the Pope a sports gift. A jersey of the local soccer team.
We won yesterday.
Against whom?
We're not in the championships, but that's okay. What counts is the intention. They're very happy. They sent me a message this morning asking me to tell the Holy Father that they won 6-0 yesterday.
I heard the news and congratulations.
Then the Pope met privately with the bishop and his aides, who also took advantage of the opportunity to extend a formal invitation.
EMILIANO GARCÍA-PAGE
President of Castilla-La Mancha
We 're definitely very happy with the meeting. For me it is a great honor to represent my region before the world's primary moral authority.
MILAGROS TOLÓN
Mayor of Toledo (Spain)
And one of his proposals was that we go out to the streets to be with the poor, with the citizens. We try to do just that.
A cordial visit in which the guests were also able to greet a priest from the archdiocese of Toledo who works at the Vatican.
JMB
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