TY Baker
Anons - what is this speech the Pope mentioned today? Was it when he received the The International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen in 2016?
digging
Pope Francis: Excuse me if I mention myself, but I do it without vanity, for usefulness. I spoke about this problem in the two speeches in Strasbourg, in the speech I made when I received the Charlemagne prize and then the speech I gave to all the heads of state and government in the Sistine Chapel — everyone was there — on the anniversary of the foundation of the European pacts. In these speeches I said everything I think.
And there is also a fifth speech, but that I did not give, the mayor of Burgermeister of Aachen did.
This man is a gem of yours, a German, a gem. You will read a book and find something.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/full-text-of-pope-francis-in-flight-press-conference-from-romania-53358
Marcel Philipp was the Mayor who gave a speech at the ceremony 2016 & awarded the Charlemagne Prize to Pope Francis. Can find transcript of Pope's speech but not Mayor's.
Notably he said
“I dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime, but a summons to a greater commitment on behalf of the dignity of every human being,”