The presence of the Pope in the rites of Holy Week will continue to be an unknown and at the moment he has delegated to two cardinals to officiate the masses of Thursday and Good Friday, in addition to the Crucis via in the Colosseum, for which Francisco has written the meditations that will be read in the Roman amphitheater.
The 88 -year -old pontiff continues to improve his health problems both from the point of view of mobility and breathing, as well as the voice, as could be seen last Sunday, when he wished a “good Holy Week” after appearing in the Plaza de San Pedro at the end of Ramos Sunday’s Mass, the Vatican press office reported Tuesday.
The Argentine pontiff increasingly needs less time with oxygen flows, as seen in that appearance, since it appeared in the Vatican Square without the nostrils.
He also continues to receive the high positions of the curia to continue his work, and on Monday he received the Cardinal Prefect of the cause of the saints, Marcelo Semeraro, to sign the decrees of the beatification and canonizations processes.
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Pope Francis Delega in Cardinals for Holy Week rites and writes the text of the Via Crucis
The Vatican continues without confirming the presence of the Pope in Holy Week rites, so his appearances will be by surprise, and for the Mass of Crisma delegated to the Italian Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, while the Mass of the Good Friday will be officiated by the prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Claudio Gugeroti.
The traditional Vïa Crucis will be chaired by Cardinal Baldassare Reina, a vicar for the diocese of Rome, but the texts of meditations have been written by Pope Francis, the Vatican said.
The rest of the cardinals who will officiate the rites of Holy Week on Saturday and the resurrection mass of Sunday will communicate in the next few days.
It is still unknown if the Pope can give the blessing ‘Urbi et Orbi’ of the Easter that takes place on the balcony of the central lodge of the facade of the Basilica of San Pedro on Sunday of Resurrection.
With EFE information.
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