Pope Francis accepted the delicate and “facing the duration of the test”, as he thanked the well-wishers on Sunday for prayer in a message from the hospital, where he is slowly recovering from pneumonia.
The 88-year-old Pope, who has faced his failures along with the period of improvement since he was hospitalized on 14 February, sent a particular personal message to the loyal, which referred to his belief, and his fraud.
In a message published by the Vatican, the Pope wrote, “I am sharing these ideas with you, when I am facing the duration of the test, and I join so many brothers and sisters who are ill: at this time, my kind, delicate,” the message published by the Vatican.
“Our bodies are weak, but thus, even, nothing can stop us from love, pray, give ourselves, to each other, in confidence, in the bright signs of hope,” he said, marking the second Sunday of the leent, marking the 40-day period of prayer and reflection, marking the second Sunday.
Sunday was the fifth time in a row when the Pope’s illness stopped him from individually an angelus prayer, usually a crowd was collected in the class of St. Peter.
However, Francis has so far appeared on the 10th floor of Jamelli Hospital at the window of his pope suite, which has not left from gathering a stable stream of well -wishers.
On Sunday, dozens of children, including scouts of a Catholic group, stood in the leg of a statue of Pope John Paul II at the entrance of the hospital, holding yellow and white balloons and tried in vain to catch a glimpse of the pope.
“You see the Pope there!” One of them eagerly shouted, the leader of the group, Valerio Santobonio, before being set straight by 23: “I don’t think it’s that.”
“Yesterday we had some pictures that were specially designed to give to the holy father,” Santobonio told AFP.
But the age of boys and girls – the age of five to seven – do not yet understand who is the Pope, nor his health status, he said.
“His questions are very much … but who is he? What he does?”
“It is a bit a little bit like giving them a window at a broader phase of Christian life,” Santobonio said.
Despite not appearing on the window for the wave, Francis addressed his youngest well -wishers in his message.
“I know that many children are praying for me; some of them came here today as a sign of closeness for ‘Jamelli’,” Francis wrote.
“Thank you, the most cute children! Pope loves you and is always waiting for you to meet you.”
– ‘Loving Care’ –
Last week Vatican indicated that Argentina Jesuit was out of danger after a series of breath before her hospitalization, which feared her life.
On Saturday, Vatican said that Francis’s condition remained stable and progressed, as for the previous week, but warned that he still needed treatments administered within the installation of the hospital.
“The Holy Father still requires hospital medical medical, motor and respiratory physiotherapy;
The message appeared to dismiss speculation that the Pope’s progress could indicate an adjacent release from the hospital.
Although the Vatican has stated that he continues to work with his hospital suite, when Francis’s absence is especially felt as Easter, the most five weeks in the Christian calendar.
The world’s Catholics traditionally preside over a busy program of events during this period, including a good Friday evening procession and Easter Mass in the Square of St. Peter, which are in front of thousands of loyal people.
In his written message, on Sunday-Sunday, who called for peace in war-torn countries including Ukraine, Myanmar and Sudan-Francis once again thanked his caretaker and people who are praying for him.
“In this sense, how much light shines in hospitals and care places! How much loving care brings lights, corridors, clinics, throw light on places where humblest services are done!” He has written.
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