After praying the Regina Coeli, Pope Francis addressed some 20,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square, turning his attention to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS Let us pray for the leaders of nations, that they not lose their sense of the people who want peace and know well that arms never bring it.<\/em><\/p>\n The Pope also prayed in a special way for the victims of an explosion in the Saratoga Hotel in Havana, Cuba. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS According to the Cuban health ministry, at least 30 people have been killed by the blast with 24 still hospitalized, and the explosion has been attributed to a gas leak.<\/p>\n Of course, Pope Francis could not speak publicly on Mother's Day without praising the role of mothers in society.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS The Pope also called for a round of applause for the recent beatification of Sister Aguchita, the Peruvian nun who was killed for her faith by the \u201cSendero Luminoso\u201d terrorist group in 1990.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 9, 2022. Pope Francis addressed the roughly 20,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square, turning his attention to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b2w-tE1vyKs","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/breginacoeli0805eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/breginacoeliint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43923"}],"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=43923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>To the Holy Virgin, I offer in particular the sufferings and tears of the Ukrainian people.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Let us also pray for the victims of the explosion that occurred in a large hotel in Cuba's capital, Havana. May the Risen Christ guide them to the house of the Father and give comfort to their families.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>With affection, we remember our mothers. A round of applause for moms! Also for those who are no longer down here with us, but live in our hearts.<\/em><\/p>\n