The 88 -year -old pontiff It continues to improve their health problems both from the point of view of mobility and breathingas well as the voice, as it could be observed last Sunday, when he wished a “good Holy Week” after appearing in the Plaza de San Pedro at the end of the Mass of Palm Sunday, the Vatican press office reported on Tuesday, April 15.
He Argentine Pontiff He is increasingly needed with oxygen flows, as seen in that appearance, since it was presented in the Vatican Square without the nasal cannulas.
He also continues to receive the high positions of the curia to continue his work, and on Monday, April 14 he received the Cardinal Prefect of the cause of the Saints, Marcelo Semeraro, to sign the decrees of the beatification and canonizations processes.
The Vatican continues without confirming the presence of the Pope in Holy Week rites, so his appearances will be by surprise, and for the Mass of Crisma delegated to the Italian Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, while the Mass of the Good Friday will be officiated by the prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Claudio Gugeroti.
The traditional Víacrucis will be chaired by Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Vicar for the Diocese of Rome, but the texts of meditations have been written by Pope Francis, the Vatican said.
The rest of the cardinals who will officiate the rites of Holy Week on Saturday and the resurrection mass of Sunday will communicate in the next few days.
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It is still unknown if the Pope can give the blessing ‘Urbi et Orbi’ of the Easter that takes place on the balcony of the central lodge of the facade of the Basilica of San Pedro on Sunday of Resurrection. EFE