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