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The arrival of the Archbishop:
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[Note the faithful - more than 400, including government ministers and diplomats including from the nunciature - kneeling for the blessing]
Statio before the Blessed Sacrament:
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The Bishop at the throne:
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[The assistant priest, I think, is Fr Thibaut de Ternay, provincial of Gabon]
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The Bishop vesting for Mass:
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[NB: alb over rochet]
Pontifical Mass begins:
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The sermon:
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Consecration:
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Pontifical Blessing:
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Processing outside:
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Preparation of Holy Water:
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Blessing of the foundation stone:
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Inscribing it:
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Litanies (I think):
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Insertion of the foundation document:
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Actual laying of the foundation stone:
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Group picture afterwards:
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The celebration:
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