Pope Francis witnesses this historical moment: Argentinians and British met at St. Peter's Square. This was thanks to this scultpure of the Virgin of Luj\u00e1n that was in the Falklands until 1982, when it was taken to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
VICENTE MART\u00cdNEZ TORREN It will have been 37 years since it's returned to Argentina.<\/p>\n MSGR. SANTIAGO OLIVERA MSGR. PAUL MASON A group of Argentinian veterans requested the return of the image. Of the veterans, Jorge Palacios fondly recalls the protection of the Virgin when a bomb fell 20 feet away.<\/p>\n JORGE PALACIOS However, Our Lady of Luj\u00e1n is not leaving the United Kingdom. The Argentinan delegation gave the military bishop of England a new image, which the pope complimented.<\/p>\n It's even more beautiful!<\/em><\/p>\n Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi<\/p>\n Translated: Rachel Dobrzynski<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 30, 2019. Military bishops from both Argentina and the United Kingdom met at the Vatican.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BAx5pd-dtBI","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bvirgenlujaneng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bvirgenlujanint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47467"}],"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=47467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Military chaplain
\n\u201cThis image accompanied us during all of the Masses in those 74 days that the war lasted. Returning it home means a lot to us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Military bishop of Argentina
\n\u201cThis image represents the surrenders, heart, suffering, and joys of the men who were in the Falklands War. We know we lost much in this war, but in this case, at least we gained the value of feeling like children of the same God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Military bishop of England and Wales
\n\u201cWe share a faith, a Catholic faith, with people in Argentina, and in the cathedral in Aldershot. We've been praying for the people in Argentina, and I'm sure they've been praying for us as well, so it's been a good way of coming together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Argentinan soldier
\n\u201cI haven't seen the image in 37 years. When I saw it again, tears of emotion ran down my face for the protection she gave us, particularly me, during the Falklands War.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n