Pope Leo XIV during the audience in the Paul VI Hall, greeted the more than 7,000 faithful present. Then in a moment of prayer and song, he lit a candle and sang the Ave Maria together with everyone before a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. On February 11, the Church celebrates the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes. The date marks the first apparition of Our Lady to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 at the grotto of Massabielle in southern France. Today also marks the World Day of the Sick, and the Pope entrusted the sick and their families to the care of the Blessed Mother. He also expressed that he would go today to the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens to light a candle "as a sign of my prayer for all the sick, whom today, on the World Day of the Sick, we remember with particular affection.” Speaking in Spanish, Pope Leo recalled that this year the World Day was being celebrated at a place particularly dear to him, the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace in Chiclayo, Peru. “I unite mys...
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps