(4 Mar 2025)
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Rome – 4 March 2025
1. Various of members of the Argentinian community, led by the Argentinian ambassador to the Holy See, praying for the health of Pope Francis under the windows of the Papal suite
2. Various of statue of of Our Lady of Lujàn, patron saint of Argentina
3. Hands of priest praying with rosary
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pablo Beltramino, Argentinian ambassador to the Vatican:
++ENDS ON REPORTER ASKING QUESTION++
"I can only say that we, the staff of both the embassy to the Holy See (Vatican), to the Italian government and of the consulate, we came here to pray the Rosary with the patron saint Our Lady of Lujàn."
5. Father Fernando Laguna shouting "Long live Pope Francis" and people applauding
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fernando Laguna, parish priest of the Argentinian Catholic Church in Rome:
"We prayed for the Pope. I am very happy to be now close to him, I would like to hug him, but it’s not possible, but he told us that a prayer is like a hug So I am happy despite the pain."
7. Various of prayer
8. Various of children drawings for Pope Francis
9. Various of gathering
STORYLINE:
A group of Argentinian nationals, accompanied by their ambassador, prayed for the health of Pope Francis under the windows of his suite at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Tuesday.
The prayer was led by the dean of the catholic Argentinian church of Rome, father Fernando Laguna.
The south-American delegation brought a small statue of the Argentinian patron saint, Our Lady of Lujàn, under the windows of the Pope and prayed for almost 30 minutes.
At the end of the prayer Laguna shouted "Long live Pope Francis", followed by a timid applause.
The Vatican says that Pope Francis has stabilized enough after two respiratory crises to resume using a nasal tube for oxygen, rather than a ventilation mask.
The 88-year-old pope has pneumonia and had part of one lung removed as a young man.
The Vatican said he woke up Tuesday after sleeping through the night.
The fact that Francis no longer needed the mask by Tuesday morning was a sign of some improvement after crises that required doctors to extract “copious” amounts of mucus from his lungs.
But the doctors’ prognosis remained guarded, meaning he was not out of danger.
AP Video shot by Paolo Santalucia
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