Bishop suffers bronchitis at the same time as Pope Francis

The Spanish Raimo Goyarrola, Bishop of Helsinki (Finland), has suffered bronchitis at the same time as Pope Francis, admitted to the hospital For a week, which has allowed him to “pray with greater fervor” for him.

Speaking to ACI Press, the prelate said that “curiously” has contracted bronchitis as well as the Holy Father, “which has allowed me to feel closer to his suffering and pray with greater fervor for his well -being.”

The pontiff was admitted to the hospital Gemelli Polyclinic of Rome last Friday, February 14, suffering from bronchitis that has evolved in bilateral pneumonia. Although it presents a complex clinical picture and its “are stationary” conditions, in recent days it has shown a “Mild improvement”.

Mons. Goyarrola, bishop of the Finnish capital since November 2023, also elevates “with confidence and insistence to God our Lord, asking for his prompt and total recovery”.

“We entrust ourselves to the intercession of our mother, health of the sick, and since Finland we send him our most affectionate and sincere affection,” said Aci Press.

As soon as the priest is ordered, then P. Raimo spent 4 years in Seville, the capital of Andalusia, province of southern Spain. For Mons. Goyarrola, that “human and atmospheric war interview With ACI Press in 2023.

After his episcopal appointment, the also graduate in Medicine and Surgery and member of Opus Dei, met with Pope Francis in the Vatican. During this meeting, he invited the Pontiff to visit Finland, where he has lived for more than 20 years.

In this country marked by Lutheranism, only 0.2% of the population is considered Catholic. There are about 14 thousand Catholics in a population of approximately 5.5 million inhabitants.

However, according to the prelate – known by many as the “shepherd with a smell of reinde children and adults and increasingly numerous additions of adults from other Christian confessions. ”

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