RI de Janeiro, 28 Feb. (askanews) – The images of the Pope projected on the “Christ the Redeemer” of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is tightened in prayer around the pontiff for days hospitalized at the Gemelli hospital in Rome. On the iconic statue also the writing in many different languages: Holy Father Forza.

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is close to Pope Francis and participated in a mass for him at the Brazilia presidential palace. The ceremony was chaired by the Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Dom Raimundo Damasceno, who prayed so that Francesco heals “for the good of the Church and for the good of the whole world”.

The Pope’s conditions, hospitalized for a bilateral pneumonia, slowly continue to improve but are still defined criticisms, it will take days to dissolve the prognosis that remains reserved.

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