It seemed like a one time event\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026but scenes like this soon became a tradition. On 13 different occasions, Victoria has had the chance to offer the Pope a typical Argentinean drink called mate, during his audiences or in the Basilica of St. Mary Major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
VICTORIA CARANTI One of Pope Francis' traditions is to entrust his apostolic visits to the patron saint of Rome. For this reason, he always goes to the Basilica of St. Mary Major both before and after his trips. And Victoria has often been there to meet him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VICTORIA CARANTI While Victoria has offered this national drink to the Pope many times, there was one moment that was very special for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VICTORIA CARANTI Victoria had been studying theology in Rome. Now, she has moved to the United States to start working. Although she will miss the face-to-face encounters with the Pope, she hopes the mate tradition will continue with another Argentine in the Eternal City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AM Victoria is 27 years old. Until recently she lived in Rome and has had the unique opportunity to share a traditional Argentine drink with the Pope. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":70103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,269,214,25],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGK832lyi4A","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmatepapaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmatepapaint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70106"}],"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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70108,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70106\/revisions\/70108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Argentine teacher<\/strong>
I jumped over the pew, which was not very difficult, and there was no one there to stop me. I immediately knelt down at the foot of the Pope's wheelchair and said to him: \u201cWould you like some mate, Holy Father?\u201d And he said to me: \u201cOops, you're not going to poison me, are you?\u201d And I said, \u201cNo, of course not! It is the authentic, good, Argentinean drink.\u201d Then he happily grabbed and drank it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Argentine teacher<\/strong>
It is to welcome him home. He goes back to the Basilica to thank the Virgin for his trip. I think it's nice that he intercedes for that country and for her to accompany him. But it's a nice thing to welcome him back with something from his country and culture.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Argentine teacher<\/strong>
Eva, a friend of mine came with me and she asked the Pope\u2014while he was drinking mate\u2014if he could pray a Hail Mary. She said, \u201cHoly Father, can I ask you for a Hail Mary for my brother?\u201d And the Pope looked at her and said, \u201cYes, what is his name?\u201d And she told him. It was very moving because the Pope was really going to pray that Hail Mary for my friend's brother.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
TR: KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"