Aaron Chrown
Bishop Jacques Habert of the Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux in France greets Britain’s Princess Anne (right) on June 5, 2024, as she arrives to attend the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s annual service of remembrance at Bayeux Cathedral in Bayeux, Normandy, northwestern France, as part of the events to mark the 80th anniversary commemorations of Allied amphibious landing (D-Day landings) in France in 1944.
Pope Francis in his message decried the loss of life in World War II, especially the death of the many young men who were killed during the D-Day operation, as well as the civilian victims of bombardments.