«NOn you lose the sense of humor and live in joy. Pray for me, as I will pray for you »: with these words, recorded in a fatigued voice, Pope Francis wanted to send his last personal message to the Franciscan Clarisse of the Monastery of Vallegloria, in Spello.
A short audio of a few days ago that now the nuns hold like a spiritual testamentAnd, a sign of a profound and intimate link that has united the community for years to the pontiff.
«He had just returned from Gemelli – he tells the Mother Maria Chiara, Badassa del Monastero – and He couldn’t speak much. Yet he wanted to make us heard his voice. We expected his call, because often in the great holidays he telephoned us, but that message had a special weight “explains the religious.” It was like a last farewell, an act of love and paternity that he deeply moved us “.
Pope Francis had visited the community of Vallegloria three times, the first in 2019.
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