The Vatican said that on the eve of Palm Sunday the Pope prayed in front of the painting of Salus Populi Romani (saving the Roman people). Francis laid a bouquet of white flowers.
This is the third surprise this week from Francis, slowly recovering after severe pneumonia, during which, as the doctors admitted, he could die. Earlier, the Pope took the British royal couple in the Vatican, and also visited the Basilica of Saint Peter.
When on March 23 he left after more than five weeks of treatment, the gemella polyclinic drove up by car to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Larger and, without leaving the car, gave flowers with a request to assemble them.
Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. It is here that Franciszek celebrates important moments of the pontificate
On Saturday, early afternoon, Franciszek went to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and – as the Vatican announced in a communiqué – on the eve of Palm Sunday and the inauguration of the Holy Week he prayed before the image of the Mother of God.
The Vatican published photos from this visit. Franciszek always visits this basilica at important moments of his pontificate, he was in her every pilgrimage and after it.
