Pope Francis will preside over the Vigil of Holy Saturday after renouncing the Stations of the Cross

The Vatican confirmed the presence of Pope Francis at Vigil Mass Holy Saturdaywhich will be held at 7:30 pm (6:30 pm GMT) at St. Peter’s Basilicaafter this Friday he resigned at the last minute to preside over the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome to “protect your health”in view of the upcoming Holy Week rites.

A few minutes from the beginning of the Via Sacra, the press office of the Vatican reported that “to safeguard health before tomorrow’s vigil and the Holy Mass on Easter Sunday”, Francisco would follow the Way of the Cross of the Coliseum from his residence, the Casa Santa Marta.

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This Saturday, the press office confirmed the presence at the Pope’s Vigil, in one of the longest ceremonies, lasting almost 3 hours, in the Catholic tradition.

This Friday, everything was prepared, the security device on the Vatican road, the organization prepared to receive the pope at the Colosseum and the 25 thousand faithful present, as well as the white chair in the box installed in the palatine hill and it was empty.

Last year, Francisco, who had just left the hospital due to bronchitis, did not go to the Coliseum on the recommendation of his doctors, and he certainly did so on this occasion too, after the two-hour celebration of the event. Passion of the Lord yesterday afternoon and the cold and damp of the Roman night.

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At the moment, it is also confirmed the resurrection mass on Sunday and Easter Message and the urbi et orbi blessing of the central loggia of the Vatican basilica.

Francisco, 87 years old, who has recently been suffering from respiratory problems, presided, apparently without any problems, at the Mass of Holy Thursday in a women’s prison Pomegranate and this Friday the ceremony of Christ’s passion in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Source: Elcomercio

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