Francis' Surgery: Vatican Press Office Fiction And Reality
Francis appeared for the first time in public for the Sunday Angelus after his July 4 bowel surgery. Speaking from the balcony of the VIP suite on the 10th floor of Agostino Gemelli University Hospital …More
Francis appeared for the first time in public for the Sunday Angelus after his July 4 bowel surgery.
Speaking from the balcony of the VIP suite on the 10th floor of Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, surrounded by hospitalised children, he gave a secularised interpretation of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and used a pseudo-poetic language to express his wish that “everyone may receive the anointing of listening, closeness, tenderness and care.”
He quickly abandoned religion and sentimentalism in order to ask for worldwide free hospital care. After reciting the Angelus in Latin he spoke about politics in Haiti, sailers, "no plastics in the sea," and the Radio Maria pilgrimage to Częstochowa.
Then, he repeated his usual allusion to the stomach by saying “Buon pranzo” (Good lunch) while those gathered below were shouting "Viva il Papa" (video).
Twitter User Catholic Sat, a medical doctor, observed that for the first time in this Pontificate, Francis looked and sounded …More
Speaking from the balcony of the VIP suite on the 10th floor of Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, surrounded by hospitalised children, he gave a secularised interpretation of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and used a pseudo-poetic language to express his wish that “everyone may receive the anointing of listening, closeness, tenderness and care.”
He quickly abandoned religion and sentimentalism in order to ask for worldwide free hospital care. After reciting the Angelus in Latin he spoke about politics in Haiti, sailers, "no plastics in the sea," and the Radio Maria pilgrimage to Częstochowa.
Then, he repeated his usual allusion to the stomach by saying “Buon pranzo” (Good lunch) while those gathered below were shouting "Viva il Papa" (video).
Twitter User Catholic Sat, a medical doctor, observed that for the first time in this Pontificate, Francis looked and sounded …More
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Father D. Joseph Waugh
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The devil.
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He still looks very strong.
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Long live our beloved Holy Father, the Vicar of Christ on Earth. May the grace and protection of our Lord Jesus Christ be with him always. 
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Oh look... the COVID masks are back! Ironic how the Pope allows a nurse to joyfully grab his hand after slapping at a devout Catholic for doing the same.