Since Pope Francis was admitted to the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital to treat bronchitis, and during the subsequent days in which his painting became more complex, the samples of affection, closeness and prayer multiplied throughout the world. Argentina, its native country, is no exception.
Communities throughout the width of the Argentine territory shared their prayer initiatives, the celebration of masses and vigils to request a speedy recovery of the Holy Father, which these days receives treatment before a picture of bilateral pneumonia and asthmatic bronchitis.
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Mass in Buenos Aires for the recovery of the Pope
An example of this is the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, where its pastor, Mons. Jorge García Cuerva, summoned a mass That will be held on Monday, February 24 at 5:00 pm (local time) in Plaza Constitución, an emblematic place where, on numerous occasions, then Cardinal Bergoglio “prayed for his people.”
“Let’s gather for our prayer to accompany him and anime in this moment of weakness,” the Argentine prelate called, encouraging to pray “as the primitive church did by Peter, who was released by the power of God from the chains that oppressed him” .
“With faith and hope, we pray for Francisco, who does so much for us, so that he can, with the enthusiasm that characterizes him, continue to provide his task for the good of the whole church and around the world,” he concluded.
Cardinal Angel Rossi message from Córdoba
In a message disseminated by Chain 3the archbishop of Córdoba, Cardinal Ángel Rossi, said: “Hello, dear friends. We know of the health difficult Lord takes care of him. asked.
Concern and prayer in Santa Fe
In an interview with El Portal The coastthe Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Mons. Sergio Fenoy, said: “When there is news about his health, we are worried as much as when a family member gets sick. But I am an enemy of exaggerations and to dramatize certain aspects of the people who preside in the name of Jesus a community, whose life must always be simple and simple. ”
“Then, at this clear moment that I am praying for him and, although I do not ask, many people are doing it,” he explained. “I encourage him in mind these days, to pray for his spiritual serenity, so that he is calm and perceives the affection of the people, and so that in him, as in me and all, the will of God is fulfilled, when God He provides it, ”he closed.
Mons. Goodanueva: “We pray for you, Francisco”
The bishop of San Francisco, Mons. Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva, for his part, said in a VIDEOMSAGE PUBLISHED ON YOUR X ACCOUNT: “Since we knew that Pope Francis had been admitted to the Gemelli, spontaneously the people, the parishes, the diocese, we put ourselves in prayer: ‘We prayed for you, Francisco’, El Rosario, the Mass.”
“It is that this is the Church, a family united by supernatural ties, faith, charity, which allow us to see in the bishop who sits at the headquarters of Peter, not to one more leader, but to the common father, to the pastor That in the name of Jesus Christ, the flock spacies. We pray for you, Francisco, ”he concluded.
Prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin in July nine
The Bishop of Nine of July, diocese where the faithful set out to make a prayer network, praying a host Mary every day for the Pope, he also addressed the Holy Father in a message issued in Ewtn News: “From this homeland, your land, we are entrusting you very especially for the Virgin of Luján, your mother, our mother, to take care of you and grant you the grace of a prompt recovery,” said Mons. Ariel Torrado Mosconi.
Triduum of masses in the popular villas and neighborhoods
For their part, the priests of the Pastoral of the Villas and Popular Neighborhoods, whom Pope Francis has very high esteem, summoned a triduum of masses for his recovery.
Fr. Mario Micheli, from the San Juan Diego parish, in Villa Lugano, told EWTN: “We pray from the Church of Buenos Aires, in the San Juan Diego parish, in a special way and with much hope for the health of our beloved Pope Francis. That the Lord in this Jubilee Year fill him with strength to accompany so many pilgrims who are going to approach, ”he asked.
“Give, Lord, our Pope Francis for strength and wisdom to continue accompanying all his flock. May the Lord bless him, take care of him and strengthen him, ”he said.
El testimony of the P. Pepe di Paola
Fr. José María “Pepe” Di Paola, one of the best -known referents of the “Cures Vilros”, said in a video that circulates on WhatsApp: “We pray in all popular villas and neighborhoods by Pope Francis. These days we are asking for his health and we remember that bishop who visited our neighborhoods, starting in Villa 21, so many years ago, sharing with the priests of the villas, knowing that this is what he was looking for and wanted, ”he said .
“He tuned immediately with all the cures team of the villas and popular neighborhoods, and also tuned with people, because he walked, also shared with the people of our neighborhood He recalled, highlighting his accompaniment also in many of the projects, especially the households of Christ.
“That’s why we want it a lot, that’s why friendship was strengthened,” said the priest. “Today, we all bray for their health,” he concluded.
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Julieta Villar
I am a journalist, a graduate in Communication from the National University of La Matanza in Argentina. I have work experience in non -governmental organizations. Since 2016 I dedicate myself to Catholic journalism, first in the Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) and, since 2022, as a correspondent for ACI Press for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia.