Concern for the health of Pope Francis has mobilized thousands of faithful worldwide, especially in Mexicowhere devotion to the Pontiff and the Virgin of Guadalupe It is deep.
In the middle of its hospitalization in Rome due to one bilateral pneumoniaMexicans have found in faith a shelter to ask for their speedy recovery.
From Sunday morning, hundreds of people went to the Guadalupe Basilicathe most important Marian sanctuary in America, to raise prayers and show its solidarity with the leader of the Catholic churchwho in 2016 visited this sacred enclosure and expressed its special connection with the TEPEYAC MORENITA.
Pope’s health report during the weekend
This weekend, the news about the health of the Pope Francis They have been variable.
He Friday 21the doctors of the Gemelli Hospital they reported that Although “it is better than when he entered,” the Pontiff “is not yet out of danger” After being diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia.
He Saturday 22the Holy See He communicated in the morning (Europe time) that “the night passed calmly and the Pope rested well.” However, around the 7:00 p.m. in Europe (noon in Guatemala), Vatican News reported on social networks that the Pontiff had suffered a respiratory crisis.
He Sunday 24he Vatican He updated his state of health, confirming that the Pope continues in “critical” condition and that now also presents a mild renal failure.
Prayers for the recovery of the Pope
Summoned by the Primada Archdiocese of Mexicothe devotees went to the emblematic sanctuary in the north of the Mexico Citya place of great meaning for the Argentine pontiff, who visited it in 2016.
“I am very sad about the situation of Pope Francis. He is an older person, but gold for him so that God’s will He grants health and can continue with his work, “said Petra Padilla, a 66 -year -old faithful.
For his part, Cynthia Berenice, 32, asked the Virgin of Guadalupe that “send health” to the Pope and highlighted “all the good things he has done during his papacy.”
The Pope’s connection with the Virgin of Guadalupe
He Pope Francis88, remains hospitalized in Rome For ten days and receives oxygen due to the seriousness of its condition. Your relationship with Virgin of Guadalupe It is deep: during his visit to Mexico in 2016, he fulfilled his “most intimate desire” to pray in silence already alone in front of his image for almost half an hour.
According to the Catholic tradition, the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe It was miraculously printed in the Ayate of Juan Diegothe indigenous who, according to faith, witnessed his appearance in the Cerro del Tepeyac. Juan Diego was canonized in 2002 by the Vatican.
Mexico and its faith in the Virgen de Guadalupe
Devotion to Virgin of Guadalupe It is one of the most entrenched in Mexico, a country where 77.7% of the population He declares himself Catholic. The Guadalupe Basilica It is the second most visited Marian sanctuary in the world, receiving around 20 million pilgrims a yearmany from Latin America.
Saturday, lTo president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumexpressed in the social network X his desire for a “prompt recovery” for the Pope And he described him as “a great humanist.”
A spiritual leader in moments of uncertainty
“As Catholics, we need his leadership,” said Jorge Méndez, a 30 -year -old faithful when leaving a Sunday mass in which prayers were raised for the Pope’s health.
The Catholic community in Mexico maintains its hope and faith in the Virgin of Guadalupewaiting for your intercession to provide strength and recovery to the leader of the Catholic church.