Pope showed itself for traditional blessings on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica – Diepresse.com
The Pope seemed fit enough for a short appearance to the festive blessing, which he donated in a few words himself. The Easter message read its master of ceremonies. There was even a short round on the Papamobil.
With a big trade fair in St. Peter’s Basilica, Easter was celebrated on Easter Sunday in the morning in the Vatican. Because of the health problems of Pope Francis, who recovered from pneumonia, the fair was led by a high -ranking cardinal, the Italian Angelo Comastri. The Francis did not attend the service, at least he could not be seen on the live TV recordings. To the delight of the thousands of guests on St. Peter’s Square, Franziskus showed himself to the subsequent blessing « Urbi et Orbi » (« Derstadt und der Erdkreis ») on the Benediction Loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. He wished everyone: « Happy Easter ». In the end, he also spoke the blessing formula himself – in a shortened version.
He previously had his Easter message read out by his master of ceremonies, Cardinal Diego Giovanni Ravelli. He appealed to all decision -makers in the Middle East, Palestinians and Israelis, among other things. The Pope gave a number of conflicts in the world in the speech presented by Ravelli and warned of peace. One should resist the « logic of fear ». He would like humanity to find hope that peace is possible.
After the blessing, the Pope was driven a round with the so -called papamobile – thanks to the warm weather even in the open variant – over St. Peter’s Square to be closer to the believers. A stop was taken several times to raise a baby to the papamobile to the Pope, which Francis touched briefly. However, the Pope seemed too weak to lift the arms – for example to wave.
« /> Pope Francis in Papamobil on St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday at noon. Reuters / Guglielmo Mangiapane
Francis had had to wait until Sunday to see whether his health was allowed to participate, the Vatican press office announced on Saturday. Much was also dependent on the temperature. The question of the presence of the Pope for Easter has been working on the Vatican reporters for days.
Since his return to the Vatican on March 23, after a long hospital stay Pope Francis His employees, the media and many people in Rome to come to trot in this regard. Several times a week there are now surprise appearances of the 88 -year -old Catholic Church top.
« /> Thousands of believers gathered on Easter Sunday for service on St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. Reuters / Yara Nardi
Francis showed himself in his wheelchair in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday where he prayed before Easter night. Francis lingered for about a quarter of an hour accompanied by his nurse Massimiliano Strappetti in St. Peter’s Basilica and stopped in front of the Petrusgrab to pray. Some believers who saw him applauded at the sight of the Pope, as Italian media reported.
Pope recently caused surprises
In the afternoon of Maundy Thursday, he visited prisoners in a Roman prison. As in previous years, the still heavily breathing Pope could not celebrate the service together with the ritual washing of foot with the prisoners. But his presence alone was enough to inspire the sitting men. The Pope had also shown itself on St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday.
Easter is the most important festival of Christianity with which Jesus Christ is reminiscent of the crucifixion and resurrection. The most important trade fair on Easter night the Italian Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the Cardinal College, who is even older than the Pope at 91.
