Vatican does not rule out that Pope Francis imparts tomorrow the apostolic blessing Urbi et Orbi

Pope Francis delegated Cardinal Angelo Comastri the task of celebrating the Mass of Easter of Resurrection in the Plaza de San Pedro at 10:15 (local time), but the Vatican does not rule out that it is the Pontiff himself, who continues to recover from bilateral pneumonia, who imparts the apostolic blessing The city and the world.

As seen in the brochure of the Easter Mass in the Vatican, the blessing The city and the world (To the city of Rome and the world), which is taught only in Holy Week and Christmas, it will be in principle by the Holy Father who will look out from the balcony of the central lodge of the facade of the Basilica of San Pedro.

“The Holy Father Francisco grants plenary indulgence in the manner established by the Church to all the faithful and who receive their blessing through radio, television and other communication technologies,” reads the document distributed by the Vatican.

As usual, it will be Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, as Cardinal Protodiácono, who pronounces the formula of the apostolic blessing.

In this sense, as explained in the part dedicated to the liturgical preparations, for the blessing it will have the usual elements: the white stole for the Holy Father, its headquarters in the lodge, as well as the corresponding folders to contain the pascual message that will precede the blessing to the faithful.

The pontiff increasingly needs less time with oxygen flows, as seen in the audience video that maintained 70 people from the management and sanitary team of the Gemelli Hospital of Rome, to which it was presented without the nasal cannulas. In addition, on Holy Thursday he moved to the Roman jail of Regina Coeli in a new gesture of closeness to the prisoners.

However, Vatican sources assured that the Pope’s effective presence on Sunday will depend on how it is physically.