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Easter: the health of Pope Francis questions, the Vatican reassures
During this Easter weekend, concerns about the state of health of Pope Francis are still present. His absence on Friday March 29 at the Colosseum as well as at the Stations of the Cross in this high point of Catholicism alerts the faithful. The Vatican wants to be reassuring.
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During this Easter weekend, concerns about the state of health of Pope Francis are still present. His absence on Friday March 29 at the Colosseum as well as at the Stations of the Cross in this high point of Catholicism alerts the faithful. The Vatican wants to be reassuring.
At the foot of the Colosseum, his chair remained empty before being quickly removed by Vatican teams. Ceremony was about to start this Friday March 29 whenand the press release from the Holy See East fell announcing that Pope François would not come, to preserve his health.25,000 faithful from all over the world were present for this ceremony. “He must have his reasons for the decisions he makes. However, I think people are involved and very honored and happy to be here.”testifies a faithful.
Present for Easter Vigil
This Saturday morning, in Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican, many faithful feared not to see him celebrate Easter mass. Very changing state of health of 87-year-old pope questions. In recent months, he often appeared out of breath, having others read the texts. Could this fragile health push François to give up? According to Loup Besmond de Senneville, Vatican correspondent for the newspaper La Croix, “on the one hand, he says ‘the office of pope is for life’, and at the same time he says ‘if my health should one day deteriorate to such an extent that it prevents me from properly exercising my office of pope and well I will resign'”. At the end of the morning, the Vatican reassuringly assured that the Pope would preside over the Easter vigil this Saturday evening in Saint Peter’s Basilica.
