Immaculate, the Pope in Piazza di Spagna

Published on: 08/12/2020 09:13 AM

Pope Francis this morning in the Spanish Steps in Rome. The Pope, shortly before seven o’clock, arrived in his car in the pouring rain and went to the foot of the Virgin in Piazza Mignanelli for a prayer on the day of the Immaculate Conception before the firefighters carried the ladder up. up to 27 meters high, to give the Virgin the crown of flowers. (LOOK)

“At 7 in the morning this morning, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Pope went to the Plaza de España for a private act of veneration of Mary Immaculate. At the first light of dawn, under the rain, placed a bouquet of white roses at the base of the column where the statue of the Virgin is located and turned to her in prayer, so that she can watch over Rome and its inhabitants with love, entrusting all who in this city and in the The world is afflicted by illness and discouragement, ”said Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.“ Shortly before 7.15 in the morning, Pope Francis left the Piazza di Spagna and arrived at Santa Maria Maggiore where He prayed in front of the icon of Maria Salus Popoli Romanie and celebrated Mass in the Chapel of the Nativity. Then he went back to the Vatican, “Bruni said again.

December 8, the Pope in Piazza di Spagna for the tribute to the Virgin

The firefighters tweeted a short video of the Pope’s arrival in the Spanish Steps for a private act of devotion to the Virgin: “The surprise of Pope Francis in the Spanish Steps in Rome for the traditional December 8 ceremony before the firefighters they climbed the ladder up to 27 meters high to give the Virgin the crown of flowers, “they write.