Pope Francis celebrated Mass with the Filipino community, one of the biggest in Rome. St. Peter's Basilica was completely full.<\/p>\n
For the Filipino community, the celebration was especially significant, as it was the Simbang-Gabi (Mass of the night). It is a devotion to prepare for Christmas during the nine days leading up to it.<\/p>\n
The pope recognized the community's efforts in their work. He told them that, having left their homeland, they have a mission to look for a better future.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> He invited them to prepare to celebrate Christmas by being leaven for a society that often fails to experience God's beauty and the grace of his presence.\u201d<\/p>\n Before concluding, these two Filipino girls placed an offering at the image of the Virgin, while everyone sang, \u201cMary, Queen of the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi December 16, 2019. Pope Francis began the novena leading up to Christmas in St. Peter's Basilica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NdePu0E5H6M","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessapapafilipinieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessapapafilipiniint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47258"}],"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=47258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cMay your faith be leaven in the parish communities you belong to today. I encourage you to multiply the opportunities for encounter to share your cultural and spiritual richness, while at the same time letting yourselves be enriched by the experiences of others.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTranslation: Claudia Torres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"