Pope Francis headed to the Plaza de Armas of Trujillo, where he paid homage to the Virgin of the Gate, also known as \u201cDear Mother of Otuzco.\u201d<\/p>\n
As soon as the Holy Father arrived, he stopped to greet this group of sick and disabled people.<\/p>\n
The pope also recalled the other numerous Marian dedications in Peru.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> Pope Francis explained that the Virgin Mary is like the star that guides those who are lost back to Jesus. <\/p>\n The pope also asked them to show appreciation and recognition for the women with this strong calling.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The Holy Father urged them to be compassionate, to go to those who suffer most and not to turn their heads away from others' pain, to be like Jesus. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> Following Pope Francis' address, the Marian celebration and singing of litanies took place. <\/p>\n Although with a bit of difficulty, the pope placed this crown and rosary on the Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n Then came the offering of flowers. These children, dressed in traditional regional attire, presented them. <\/p>\n This celebration concluded the Holy Father's visit to the Peruvian city of Trujillo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The pope asked for a change in legislation before 35,000 people in the Plaza de Armas of Trujillo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aW82Cj0SvXs","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcelebrazionemarianaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcelebrazionemarianaint.mp4","type":"none","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49778"}],"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=49778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n \u201cOur Lady, who in centuries past showed her love for the children of this land when, placed above a gateway, she defended and protected them from the threats that afflicted them, awakening the love of all Peruvians even to our own day.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n \u201cI want to invite you to combat a scourge that affects our American continent: the numerous cases where women are killed. And the many situations of violence that are kept quiet behind so many walls. I ask you to fight against this source of suffering by calling for legislation and a culture that repudiates every form of violence.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere is no better medicine, dear brothers and sisters, to cure many wounds than a heart that has known mercy, than a heart that is compassionate before sorrow and misfortune. A heart compassionate before people\u2019s mistakes and their desire to change, without knowing where to start.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n