The Papa Francisco has prayed the Angelus leaning out of a balcony on the tenth floor of the hospital Rome Policlínico Gemelli where he is recovering from the colon operation he underwent last Sunday and has praised the health and the importance of being “accessible to all.”
«During these days of hospitalization, I have experienced how important it is to have a good health service, accessible to all, like the one in Italy and in other countries. A health system that guarantees a good service accessible to all, “he said. Francisco 84-year-old who was accompanied by several child patients from the hospital’s cancer department.
Thus he has exclaimed: “Health institutions in crisis are not sold …”.
Dozens of faithful who have shouted “Long live the Pope” and “We love you very much” when they saw him have moved to the vicinity of the hospital since the first hours. Due to the high temperatures that have reached 30 degrees in Roma Several volunteers have distributed bottles of water among those present.
It is the first public appearance of the pontiff after the operation for a problem of obstruction in the colon, due to a severe diverticulitis that caused a narrowing of the intestine.
The Pope Francisco has urged not “to lose this precious asset” in reference to public health. And he added: “We have to keep it! And for this we must all strive, because it serves everyone and requires everyone’s contribution.
The Papa He wanted to express his “appreciation” and his “encouragement to the doctors and all the health and hospital personnel”. And he added: “Let us pray for all the sick, especially for those in the most difficult conditions: that no one is left alone, that all receive the anointing of listening, closeness and care.”
It is not the first time that a pontiff has celebrated Sunday prayers from that Roman hospital. Juan Pablo II he was admitted there on several occasions for his health problems.
In fact, the Papa Francisco He is admitted to the same room on the tenth floor of the Rome hospital where the Polish pope recovered after the attack he suffered in St. Peter’s Square in 1981. San Juan Pablo II he was admitted there after his operation for a colon tumor in 1992 and even used to call him “Vatican III” with affection because of the number of times he was admitted. On the tenth floor of the hospital there is a more reserved area that consists of an apartment and a small chapel.
On Sunday July 26, 1992, Juan Pablo II He prayed the Angelus from the room and at the end of the Sunday meditation, he leaned out the window to greet the many faithful who had gathered in front of the hospital. In any case, the Vatican There is no precursor if Francis will also greet the faithful from the window. In 1996 Saint John Paul II once again celebrated Sunday prayers from that hospital. A gesture that he repeated in 2005, just a month before he died, when he managed to look out, despite the advanced stage of Parkinson’s disease that he suffered.
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