Pope Francis spends the pontificate’s birthday in his fourth on the tenth floor of the polyclinic Gemelli. Despite being a holiday today in the Vatican City, according to sources from the Holy See Press Room, no celebration is planned on Thursday (13) for the 12 years of pontificate.
This morning, a Thanksgiving Mass for his papacy years was celebrated in the hospital chapel. Some faithful brought posters congratulating Francisco remembering his important election.
On the morning of Friday (14) there will be a mass for the pontiff in the Pauline Chapel at the Apostolic Palace at 10:30 am (6:30 am in Brasília time).
The ceremony will be celebrated by the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and will be attended by ambassadors and the accredited diplomatic corps with the Holy See.
The Vatican reported this morning that Francisco spent a quiet night.
According to the medical bulletin released on Wednesday night (12), Francisco’s conditions are stable, although the situation still remains very delicate.
The clinical picture of the pontiff is complex. The latest chest radiography confirms the improvements observed in recent days, according to the medical bulletin. It is assumed that the situation of pneumonia from which the pontiff suffers has improved, explain sources of the Vatican.
The leader of the Catholic Church, however, continues to receive high flow oxygen by nasal cannulas during the day and wearing a noninvasive mask at night.
He spends his days at the hospital watching the Lent spiritual exercises that take place in the Paulo VI room, within the Vatican City, as well as treatments, prayers, respiratory and motor physiotherapy.
Elected to renovate
“It seems that the cardinals went to seek the new pontiff at the end of the world” were the first words of Francis said to the faithful on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.
It was March 13, 2013, when the first Latin American Pope was elected in history and also the first Jesuit.
That night, Francis, the bishop of Rome, alongside the Brazilian friend, Cardinal Dom Claudio Hummes, already indicated what would be the lines of his pontificate: the church must have mercy, look at the marginalized, be present in the peripheries, and never forget the poor.
He was elected to reform. It is worth remembering that before the election, several financial and sexual scandals were staining the image of the church.
In addition, an unprecedented fact in the last 600 years of history has marked Francis’ election: the resignation of Benedict XVI. Pope German’s decision to renounce the pontifical throne caused an “earthquake” in the Catholic Church.
In February 2013, religious from around the world came to Rome for meetings before the conclave. On March 12, 115 cardinals fit to vote gathered at closed doors to elect Peter’s 266th successor.
Already on the second day of voting, in the 5th vote, Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio reached the amount of votes necessary.
White smoke, which indicates that there is one chosen, arrived at 7:06 pm (local time).
Just over an hour later, at 8:12 pm, the announcement was made by Cardinal Protodiácono Jean-Louis Tauran on the outer balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Then began the pontificate of Francis.
Central government reform
In these 12 years of pontificate, Francisco made several financial and administrative reforms in the Vatican. One of the main is the reform of the Roman Curia, the central government of the Catholic Church.
He opened the possibility that lacians, including women, can command the dicker, that is, the ministries of the Holy See.
The reform is already in place with two women, both religious. Raffaella Petrini, appointed governor of the state of the city of Vatican and Simona Brambilla, the first mayor of the dicker for consecrated life.
Breaking barriers
The Pope also wants to break the barriers of marginalization. “Who I am to judge a homosexual person,” said in 2013. “Homosexuality is sin, but not a crime,” he reiterated.
Since taking over the papacy, he defends the reception of divorced in the Catholic Churchincluding the possibility of communion for those who marry again, a posture criticized by the ultra -conservative clergy. In fact, many ultra -conservatives to this day have not accepted the resignation of Benedict XVI.
Head of state
Francisco visited 66 countries. As head of state, leads the skilled diplomacy of the smallest country in the world.
In 2014, he collaborated in the approach between Cuba and the United States. In 2016, he had a historic meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, but the approach was interrupted by the support of this Russian Christian Church to the Ukraine invasion.
Already in 2018, in the diplomatic field, he sealed the provisional agreement between the Holy See and the Popular Republic of China about the appointment of the bishops.
Francis
The pontiff’s style also brought changes to the millennial institution of the Holy See. The Argentine chose to live in a sober apartment in the house of Santa Marta, rejecting the sumptuous apostolic palace.
He often has lunch with homeless people, washing prisoners in ceremonies. Prefer to use frank language and walk in a popular car.
The Pope chose to carry a silver rather than gold crucifix, wearing black, non -red shoes like those of predecessors. The Church of Francisco has no luxury.
Francisco Jesuit
The Pope embraces the principles of the Second Vatican Council, which in the 1960s modernized the Catholic Church. As a Jesuit, he proposes synods, assemblies of ecclesiastics and lay people, gathered to evaluate the paths of the church.
It has already performed the synods about the family, about young people and the Amazon.
Francisco emphasizes the importance of environmental preservation, the necessary harmony between man and nature. Ecological themes deeply treated in the document Laudato Si, the second of the four encyclicals he wrote.
But despite the 88th anniversary, physical fragility and hospitalization, the pontiff follows its mission, favoring the peripheries of the world.
This content was originally published in 12 years of pontificate: Francisco, the Pope Reforming on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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