Pope Francis confessed this morning and then crossed the Holy Gate of the Basilica of San Pedro, before greeting the faithful Catholics present in the Plaza de San Pedro in the Vatican, on the occasion of the jubilee of the sick.
The Holy Father reappeared briefly in the Plaza de San Pedro for the first time after his return to the Vatican, after spending 38 days hospitalized at the Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital in Rome, because of pneumonia.
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There, he directed his greeting to the faithful who were gathered during the celebration of the Mass with which the jubilee of the sick concluded, and that was chaired by Mons. Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization.
In a statement, the press office of the Holy See indicated that “this morning Pope Francis joined the jubilant pilgrimage of the sick and the health world.”
“Before greeting the pilgrims and faithful present in the square, to whom he directed his gratitude, he received the sacrament of reconciliation in the Basilica of San Pedro, was collected in prayer, and crossed the holy door,” said the informative organ of the Vatican.
David Ramos
Graduate in Communication Sciences by the Private University of the North in Trujillo, Peru. With more than 12 years of experience in Catholic journalism working in ACI Press, I am based in Mexico since 2018. I have covered the trips of Pope Francis to Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Panama.