Pope Francis surprisingly showed himself on St. Peter’s Square on Sunday afternoon. At the end of a large service for the sick and medical staff, he was driven in a wheelchair to the altar in front of the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica. Together with Archbishop Rino Fisichella, who had celebrated the service, he gave the blessing. Then he greeted the present, thanked them and wished them “Buona Domenica!” – Have a nice Sunday. The approximately 20,000 people on the square acknowledged the appearance with enthusiasm and applause. After a few minutes, Pope Francis left the place. He wore oxygen cannulas to support his breathing during the short appearance. At the end of a mass that was dedicated to the sick, Pope Francis arrived in a wheelchair on St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. Later the Vatican press office announced that the Pope had already confessed the same morning and then – just like the other pilgrims – crossed the holy gate of St. Peter’s Basic. According to Catholic teaching, this is necessary to repay the negative consequences of committed sins. The faithful applauded the Pope’s durability of the service, Fisichella reminded with moving words under applause to Pope Francis, who followed the celebration “a few meters from here” on television. However, he did not announce the later publication of the Pope. Bulies welcome Pope Francis on St. Peter’s Square. 88 -year -old Pontifex is currently in a long reconvalescence phase after a hospital stay from February 14 to March 23. According to medical arrangement, it should last at least until mid -May. Until then, he lives under medical care in his apartment in the Vatican guest house. In the Pope sermon read by Fisichella, it was said that the disease was “one of the most difficult and toughest exams in life in which we immediately experience how fragile we are”. And further: “Even in these moments, God does not let us alone. If we leave him, we can experience the consolation of his presence, especially when our own powers. He himself, the person has become, wanted to share our weakness in everything.” Words for the sick and nursing staff. is not love. ” Among the participants of the service were also doctors and nurses from the Roman Gemelli Clinic who looked after Francis in February and March. Fisichella continued in the name of the Pope with a view of the sick: “With you, dear sick brothers and sisters, I share a lot at this moment of my life: the experience of the illness to feel weak, to be dependent on others in many things.” That is not always easy. But it is a school where you learn every day: “to love and let us love”.
