In 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, four siblings, all of them nurses, were able to personally deliver to the Pope letters written by Covid-19 patients they were treating.<\/p>\n
A year later, they were back in Rome, this time with more than just letters.<\/p>\n
RAFFAELE MAUTONE SR. ANNA JEAN-JACQUES ROBYR Jean-Jacques is 70 years old. He spent five months in the hospital during the first wave of Covid infections, which affected the elderly and young people alike.<\/p>\n VALERIO MAUTONE ANDREA MERLO LUCA VANZIN Some of these nurses and Covid survivors embarked on a five-day walking pilgrimage that concluded with the Pope's General Audience in Rome. <\/p>\n They stayed at different convents and monasteries along the way, and donated Covid tests from Cardiocentro and EOC, medical institutes in Switzerland, to their hosts.<\/p>\n The lively group wants their journey to be a source of hope for people still afflicted by Covid-19, and they hope to repeat the pilgrimage with even more people next year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n CT<\/p>\n VM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September 19, 2021. A group of nurses and former Covid-19 patients made a five-day walking pilgrimage from Viterbo to the Pope's General Audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t8PTuHmXCKw","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandominfermierieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandominfermieriint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44844"}],"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=44844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Nurse
\n\u201cThis year we were able to bring some of the faces behind those letters. The faces of people who made it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Former patient
\n\u201cLast year I wrote a letter, in which I expressed my desire to meet the Pope. And I'm here today, a year later, and it's the fruit of many prayers. That's why I'm here, and it was very very exciting to be here and see the Pope.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Former patient
\n\u201cI accepted the invitation to come here so I could have a sense of closure in this experience with Covid; to feel alive and present on this earth. I've seen different popes from a distance, but for me Pope Francis is the best. He's really very close to the people, and this experience was such a pleasure for me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Nurse
\n\u201cAndrea managed to give the Pope a gift that he really wanted to give him, a book about his congregation, the Congregation of Good Death. And the Pope told him, 'But you didn't have a good death. I wish you a good life.'\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Former patient
\n\u201cShaking the Pope's hand, the words and the gaze we exchanged. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It was unforgettable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Former patient
\n\u201cIt was something that filled us with even more life. Last year we were reborn. We had a new vision of life, and today that vision has become even richer, thanks to the Pope.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n