On Thursday 20 February 2025, at 13.30, a press conference will be held at the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, to present the MED 25 Odyssey – Bel Espoir initiative which, from 1 March until the end of October 2025, will feature 200 young people, of all nationalities, cultures and religions, taking turns on board a three-masted schooner, the Bel Espoir, participating in training sessions on peace, organizing conferences and festivals in each port of call and living an experience of encounter and fraternity.

The speakers will be:

- His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, archbishop of Marseille;

- His Eminence Juan José Omella Omella, archbishop of Barcelona;

- Archbishop Giuseppe Satriano of Bari-Bitonto;

- Fr. Alexis Leproux, episcopal vicar of Marseille, in charge of relations with the Mediterranean.

The press conference will be livestreamed in the original language on the Vatican News YouTube channel, at https://www.youtube.com/c/VaticanNews.