A friend of Pope Francis is one step closer to sainthood. Sister Maria Bernardetta worked closely with the Pope when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires. <\/p>\n
She was called the \u201cmother of seminarians\u201d because of her ability to connect with men studying for the priesthood who were facing difficult times. <\/p>\n
SR. COLOMBA ANGELILLIS Her canonization process has already passed the diocesan phase. Her fellow sisters remember the final moments of her life. <\/p>\n SR. SUSANNA POMPEO Sister Maria Bernardetta died after receiving the sacrament of the anointing of the sick from the Archbishop of Buenos Aires...the future Pope Francis. <\/p>\n PA <\/p>\n TR: AT <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sister Maria Bernardetta died after receiving the sacrament of the anointing of the sick from the Archbishop of Buenos Aires...the future Pope Francis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cMEiMFLBzDk","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmadrebernardetta2023eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmadrebernardetta2023int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPoor Sisters of St. Joseph of Buenos Aires <\/strong>
\nWhenever Bergoglio had any difficulty with a seminarian, he would send him to Sister Bernardetta to lead him through moments of difficulty that it is normal to have as a young seminarian.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPoor Sisters of St. Joseph of Buenos Aires <\/strong>
\nAt one point she said \u201cSusanna.\u201d \u201cTell me, Bernardetta, do you want something?\u201d She said,\u201cOn the little table is the crucifix, will you give it to me?\u201d \u201cYes.\u201d
\nShe took it. She took it and said \u201cJesus, hurry up, hurry up.\u201d Those were her last words before she went into a coma. <\/em><\/p>\n