It has been less than a month since Pope Francis was released from a hospital in Rome after a five -week stay in which he came to death, but he made an increasing number of public outings despite the order of doctors to relax and avoid crowds. On Thursday, the 88 -year -old man visited the Regina Coeli prison in Rome, reports ABC News. “Each year, I do not like to do what Jesus did on Holy Thursday, washing the feet, in a prison,” he told detainees, according to a Vatican declaration. “This year, I cannot do it but I wanted to be close to you. I pray for you and all your families.” The Vatican said that Francis had met 70 detainees individually.
“Whenever I enter one of these places, I wonder:” Why do they and not me? “” Said the pope to journalists outside the prison. When he was asked how he marked the Easter season, he said: “I saw him as I can,” reports the AP. It should make more appearances in the coming days, although the cardinals take its place during certain events of Holy Week. He made a surprise appearance to salute the faithful of the twigs on the Place Saint-Pierre and made the Saint-Pierre basilica and another basilica in Miles du Vatican. During the visit of the Saint-Pierre Basilica last Thursday, the Pope, who did not carry his traditional dresses, welcomed two people working on the restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII.
“He wanted to shake our hands, and mine was very cold and I was afraid to give it to him, but he was very hot and kind and he asked me to give him anyway,” said one of the restaurateurs, according to the New York Times. Christopher White, Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic journalistsaid that Francis came as a “maiden” 12 years ago and continues to be one after his hospitalization, the Tutor Reports. White believes that public appearances are partly because the Pope “really believes that being with people is the best medication”, and in part because he is “politically clever” and after reading reports on his possible resignation, he tries to “channel fairly concrete ways to say” I am here, and I am in charge “.” “(More stories by Pope Francis).)
