Every year, around six million people visit Lujan to pray before the Virgin Mary, who chose it as her home in 1630.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An estimated 2.5 million gathered outside the basilica to welcome Pope Leo XIV. His pontificate began on May 8, the feast day of Argentina's patroness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was the pope's final mass in the homeland of his predecessor. During his homily, he encouraged the faithful to follow a path built on four essential steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n With hearts full of gratitude for the many gifts God has poured out upon this country, I would like to offer you a path today, the very path we experience in every celebration of the Eucharist. It has four steps: reconciliation, enlightenment through the Word of God, communion, and being sent forth on mission.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The pope described each step, emphasizing the need for unity. He then recalled the words John Paul II had shared in April 1987:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Go forth and evangelize. Share the joy of the Gospel through your words and good works. Argentina, rise up and walk. Love..<\/em> The pope entrusted his journey to Our Lady of Luj\u00e1n, like a son turning to his mother. He also asked her to pray for the country he was visiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Guide me, Mother, in the apostolic mission the Lord has entrusted to me. And guide and accompany the Argentine people on their pilgrimage. Help them build bridges of charity and networks of solidarity. Stir in them the desire to keep walking the paths of reconciliation, communion, and mission.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n And as he came to the end of his final major public gathering in the country, Pope Leo offered a farewell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you, Argentina, for welcoming me with open arms!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Before leaving, he presented the Virgin with a Golden Rose and spent a few moments in prayer before her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NATS CAMPANE, CANTO (2:02:00 in avanti)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carolina Bellocq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every year, around six million people visit Lujan to pray before the Virgin Mary, who chose it as her home in 1630. An estimated 2.5 million gathered outside the basilica to welcome Pope Leo XIV. His pontificate began on May 8, the feast day of Argentina's patroness. It was the pope's final mass in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":96822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xflWvTDrTY4","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b19messalujaneng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b19messalujaneng.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96819"}],"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=96819"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96836,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96819\/revisions\/96836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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