Vatican City (AP) – Thousands of people gathered at St. Peter’s Square to pray for illness Pope Francisexpressing his sorrow for his suffering and thanking him for his efforts to guide his recovery and hope for his efforts in new directions.
Francis, 88, has pneumonia in both lungs; Hazardous conditions despite slight improvement 11 days later at the hospital. The Vatican said early Tuesday that he “slept well all night.”
The Vatican No. 2 Cardinal Pietro Parolin led the faithful finger rosary beads hoping to recover Francis, just as he prayed for 45 minutes on a cold, rainy night on Monday. The Vatican issued optimistic doses early in the evening and delivered Brighter health news More than recently.
Still, the mood was almost strict in the monumental square, and many of the assembled understandings of around 4,000 people understood that they might be in Rome for Francis’ last days. The crowd either sat under umbrella on a folding chair or stood by a vast colonnade, reflecting nostalgically the Pope’s heritage.
“To see him hurt,” said Robert Pietro of Romanian seminary, who was standing in prayer, holding a small, fragrant candle in honor. “But we also pray with gratitude for what he did for the Church.”
Pastor Roberto Allison, a priest from Guadalajara, Mexico, said that members of his community will come together to show their gratitude for “everything we have learned from him.”
Stopping to deliver personal blessings at the end of the ceremony, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco said that crowd diversity (where many world languages are heard speak) has been a “great sign of comfort for the Catholic Church. “He said.
The Argentine Pope, who removed a part of one lung as a young man, has been hospitalized at Gemeri Hospital in Rome since February 14th, and doctors say his condition is due to his age, vulnerability and pre-existing lung disease. He states that his condition is moving.
However, in Monday’s update, they said they hadn’t had any more respiratory crisis since Saturday, and although the supplemental oxygen he uses is ongoing, there was a slight decrease in oxygen flow and concentration.
Several Catholic tourists from Chicago who arrived with umbrellas long before the service began said they had decided to return to pray for the Pope at a daily mass at St. Peter’s Cathedral . Like many, they felt “difficult to deal with” that could be in Rome for Francis’ last days.
“No one knows the day and time, but it’s still a historic moment,” Edward Bourzeck said.
I felt the same way with Hatzumi Villanueva in Peru. She particularly liked former Pope St. John Paul II, but Francis said he was “a little closer” as the first Latin American pope.
“We came to pray for the Pope. He may recover soon. He is for his great mission to share the message of peace,” he praised his sympathy for immigrants, saying, “We have come to pray for the Pope. He may recover soon. He is for his great mission to share his message of peace.” Villanueva said.
Francis’ Pope also highlights the environment and partial defense Openness to LGBTQ+ rights.
Outside the Vatican, Romans, pilgrims and even non-Catholics said they were offering special prayers to the pope they were hospitalized.
“Sorry,” said Raniero Mancinelli, who coordinated ceremonial clothes for Francis and the two previous Popes at his shop just outside the Vatican wall.
Elizabetta Zumbo carried an enclosed five-foot cross on the street leading to St. Peter as he prepares to lead a group of 34 pilgrims from the northern Italian city of Pianza. As the rain fell, she vowed that her group would pray vigorously for the Pope.
“There’s a lot of emotions and a lot of sadness,” Zumbo said.
Nearby, a London couple visiting St. Peter with their son said they approached the bishop “at his house” in the monumental cathedral, despite them not being Catholic .
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Rome’s AP VideoJournalist Paolo Santalucia contributed to this report.
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