Thousands of faithful marched this Saturday from the Cathedral of Buenos Airesin Argentina, in the direction of different significant points of the life of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis.
The procession, convened under the title “Francisco Love Pact: Tour of pain places”did not include protocol acts or speakers designated at each stop.
The tour began at noon in Argentina in the iconic Plaza de Mayo, in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires, where an exequial mass was held this morning in honor of the high pontiff.
The attendees carried huge posters with images and phrases of Francisco, as well as flags and religious symbology.
“There is no word to tell him, he asked him very much for everything he did for us, because We feel forgotten, the poor, and he gave us that strength to get ahead, help our brothers and their sisters ”He told Efe Edith Ortiz.
The procession has numerous stops, including one in the Mama Antula house, located in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Montserrat, where María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, the first Santa Argentina, canonized by Francisco in the Basilica of San Pedro.
Another of the points of the tour is the Plaza Constitución, where Bergoglio celebrated multiple masses for migrants and from where he denounced human trafficking and sexual slavery.
Due to the procession, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires designed a large security operation that included the cut of streets in the different neighborhoods included in the journey.
Step through hospitals and penitentiary unit
The road also went through the Borda, Tobar García and Rawson hospitals to remember The frequent visits that Bergoglio made to those who were admitted In these and other Buenos Aires hospitals.
The participants also made a stop at the Penitentiary Unit of the Muñiz Hospital, in the Barracas neighborhood, and then in the home of Christ San Alberto Hurtado-Hospital Masantonio (Patricios Park), where the then archbishop of Buenos Aires washed the feet of 12 boys with consumption problems.
The procession, which the organizers want to be repeated every year, ended with a community prayer in the Virgen de los Milagros de Caacupé parish, in the capital Villa 21-24, where Francisco promoted the movement of the priests Vilros.
