Staff and patients at Gemeri Hospital in Rome have expressed solidarity with Pope Francis by providing an hour of Eucharist worship and Mass each day.
Vatican News
Cardinal Bardassare Reina, pastor of the Roman parish, issued a statement encouraging Italian bishops to express solidarity with Pope Francis and to pray for him.
“We ask every parish and religious community to spend an hour in quiet worship, knowing how precious community prayers are,” he said. . ”
Following this invitation to joint prayer, the community of Gemeri University Hospital and the Roman branch of the Sacred Heart University of the Catholic University, have been remarked throughout various moments, “In this trial and suffering, he has a stronger presence with his sacred Pope Francis.” “Support and solidarity” has been expressed. prayer.
From Monday, February 24th, throughout Pope Francis’ recovery at Gemeri Hospital, there will be an hour of Eucharist worship every day from noon to 1pm in the hospital’s Chapel of St. John Paul II, followed by the masses . .
During Mass and worship, Pope Francis is offered a special prayer. Then at 4:30pm in Rome, the rosary is recited in front of a statue of St. John Paul II in the square outside the hospital, and the mass continues at 5pm in the hospital hall.
Everyone in the world is invited to participate in these moments of prayer, both physically and mentally. For those who wish to participate from outside of Rome, they can recite the following prayer:
