VIDEO MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
ON THE OCCASION OF THE BLESSING OF THE
CO-CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOSEPH IN MIANDRIVAZO,
IN THE DIOCESE OF MORONDAVA, MADAGASCAR

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Dear brothers and sisters:

I am looking at some photos of the new Cathedral, the future Cathedral that will be blessed on 1 May, the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. I congratulate you on the work you are doing and I congratulate you for all your educational, social, religious work, and for what you are doing for the water channels so that there will be more rice for you all. And I ask Saint Joseph to protect you greatly. I join you all in blessing this new Cathedral. May God bless you, and don’t forget to pray for me.