Francis speaks the blessing “urbi et orbi” or not? The eyes of the whole world are aimed at Rome, where the Easter mass is celebrated on Sunday on St. Peter’s Square.
For Catholics, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are the highest holidays of the year – the believers celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and the Easter Joy period lasts to Pentecost. Usually the pope speaks the blessing “Urbi et Orbi” as a highlight on Easter Sunday shortly after the service on St. Peter’s Square in Rome.
But this year is nothing as it was in the past. As reported, the popular Francis recovers from pneumonia that gave him a five -week hospital stay.
Pope can be there at “Urbi et Orbi”
The Argentinian Gottesmann is already clear in public. So he had visited a prison on Maundy Thursday – this time the Regina Coeli prison in the Roman district of Trastevere. But he had to skip the modest gesture to wash the prisoners according to the Christi model. “I can’t do that this year,” Francis apologized: “But I can and want to be close to you.” The Pontifex could not participate on the road of the cross. Cardinal Angelo Comastri (81) gives the blessing “Urbi et Orbi” on Sunday.
Even before the Easter evening mass on Saturday, let the Pope Francis, sitting in a wheelchair, pray for fifteen minutes in the Peter’s Petal PetrusGrab. He emphasized that he wanted to be there on Sunday. Whether this is possible depends on his health on Sunday morning.
American Vice President also visits the Easter mass
In the meantime, the American vice president JD Vance was received in the Vatican. According to a broadcast from the Vatican, the political hardliner VANCE and the head of the cardinal spoke to Pietro Parolin about “the international situation, especially about countries characterized by war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations, with a focus on migrants, refugees, prisoners and other topics”. The right hand of US President Donald Trump and his family also want to participate in the Easter mass.
Source: Krone
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