For the first time, the Pope does not participate in the passion of the Lord, but criticizes “the economy that excludes” in a message

With absent Pope, who participated in the event was the deputy of Trump, who recently had disagreements with the Pontiff

Still solitary most of the time after being hospitalized for almost 40 days due to pneumonia, Pope Francis did not participate in the passion of the Lord in the Basilica of San Pietro this Friday, 18. It was the first time that he was absent from the event since the beginning of his pontificate.

The event marks one of the most important dates of the Christian calendar, as it symbolizes the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. It always occurs on Friday before Easter, known as Holy Friday.

This is the first time since the beginning of his pontificate in 2013 that the Pope will not guide the celebrations of Holy Week, the most sacred period of Catholicism. Who led the ceremony was Cardinal Claudio Gugretti, mayor of the dicastery for the oriental churches. However, the pontiff was expected to have made at least a short appearance.

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Among those of the Friday event was the Vice -President of the United States, JD Vance, a Catholic who had already been in conflict with Pope Francis due to disagreements on the immigration policies of the Trump government.

Vance, who is visiting Italy with his family during the Easter weekend, was seen coming to the event accompanied by his wife Usha and the three young children. The registers rendered by Reuters show it in the Catholic celebration.

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In a message, Pope criticized “the economy that kills”

Although I also participated in the person in the meditations of via-Sacra this Friday, held at the Colosseum of Rome, Pope Francis wrote a message in which he condemned an economy that “discarded” and treats people with the “cold logic” of numbers and algorithms.

The 88 -year -old pontiff also said that Jesus is present in all those who are “exposed to judgments and prejudices”.

Still in the message shared at the ceremony, which was led by the vicar general of the diocese of Rome, Cardinal Baldo Reina, the Pope said that “the economy in which 99 are worth more than one. And yet, we build a world that works like this: a world of calculations and algorithms, of cold logic and incessant interests”.

The leader of the Catholic Church also wrote that “the economy of God, on the contrary, does not kill, nor waste, nor crushes. It is humble, faithful to the earth”, underlining that “the path of the cross is marked in depth on earth”. “The big ones move away from him, they would like to touch the sky. Instead, the sky is here, lowered, we even find him falling, staying on the floor,” he wrote.

In the message, the Pope also stressed that “this world in shattered” needs “sincere tears” and that Jesus “continues, silently, in front of us: in every sister and brother exposed to judgments and prejudices”. “The Lord Jesus, who seems to sleep in the stormy world, brings us all in the peace of Saturday,” he added.

Source: Terra

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