By Olivier Bonnel in Lourdes/ vaticannews.va: When the Air France plane carrying the Pope from Paris landed at precisely 7 p.m. at Tarbes-Lourdes Airport, the bells of the Pyrenean city began ringing loudly. Leo XIV was welcomed as he stepped off the plane by Bishop Jean-Marc Micas before taking his place in a Renault bearing the license plate SCV1. As he entered the city of Lourdes, the crowd grew denser behind the security barriers. Shortly before reaching the shrine, the Pope got out to g ...more