Pope Francis went out this Saturday by surprise to greet a group of parishioners in the Basilica of San Pedro, Journalists reported at the scene.
A smiling pontiff He greeted a group of parishioners who had arrived from Pittsburg, USA.
The head of the Catholic Church appeared Without cannulas or mask, according to videos published on social networks.
Francisco has been absent in all rites of Holy Week Vatican and only went on the afternoon of Holy Thursday to the Roman prison of Regina Coeli, near the Vatican, For greetings to inmates, as he had done since the beginning of the pontificate.
Expectation
Francisco wants to be present at the Urbi et Orbi blessing at the end of the Mass of the Resurrection Mass In the Plaza de San Pedro, although it will depend on your health, since it is still convalescent of the respiratory infection that was admitted 38 days at the Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican press office reported on Saturday.
Pope’s presence appears in the book of the ceremony of the Sunday of Resurrection and of the subsequent blessing from the balcony of the central lodge of the Basilica of San Pedro, where everything is already prepared.
Although from the press office of the Holy See They have confirmed that the Pope wants to greet the faithful, always these days prefer prudence.
The resurrection mass in the Plaza de San Pedro will be officiated by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, While the Pope is expected right after for Pascual’s message from the balcony, Although a collaborator will surely read, and later he will impart the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing (to the city and the world) that is done only at Christmas and Easter.
Pope Francis lives this Holy Week in full convalescence for their respiratory problems, They had him at the hospital for 38 days, until March 23, and reappeared at the end of Palm Sunday and in the visit to jail.
“I live as I can,” replied the pontiff, With a voice of voice, from the window of the vehicle at its exit from the prison, asked by the media about how he lives this Holy Week in these delicate moments of his health.
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