On March 13, 2013, after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI to the highest position of the Catholic Church, the Argentinean priest Jorge Mario Bergolo will be chosen, In the full conclaveas a legal successor of the then higher pontiff. Thus, this will be the first Jesuit pope in history, as well as the first Latin American priest to take such a post.
After the elections to the remaining cardias, he chose the name Francisco, for which he will be known to believers in the world. The decision made in honor of Francisco de Assis, The patron saint of the poor who inspired her pontificate.
A little more than 12 years from the moment of this date, whose birthday will be celebrated in March last year, when Bergolo was already hospitalized at the Hemelly Hospital in Rome, where he was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia. Since then, he will record a gradual recovery while The Vatican will ultimately confirm the death of the Holy FatherThis Monday.
But, despite the problems with the health and mobility that marked the last section of his papacy, Francisco made several dozen trips abroad, many of them to countries, never before.
During this period, this also ultimately turned out to be, as it means Two passages in Portugal: The first in May 2017 and, finally, in August 2023, to preside World Youth Day (JMJ).
Celebration of a century of performances by Fatima
On May 12 and 13, 2017, there was the first official trip of Pope Francis to the territory of Portuguese, on the occasion of the centuries of Fatima of phenomena, an important date for the International Catholic Community.
The Fatima Reserve was the main scene of this visit, where on the first day of Jorge Mario Bergolo came to visit the phenomena of Kapolinya Das, a place where it is believed that our lady appeared in front of the shepherds – And where Pope Francis will preside on the night of May 12, the blessing of the candles and the prayer of St. Rosary.
But one of the main points occurred the next day, also in the Fatima sanctuary, with the canonization of Francisco and Hasint Marto, two of the three shepherds. Something, which happened during the mass, noted in the century, also under the leadership of the Holy Father this morning – and it was 17 years after John Paul II headed Francisco and Hasintu.
“With the canonization of Francisco and Hasint, I wanted to offer the whole church his example of observing Christ and gospel certificate. I also wanted to offer the whole church to take care of children, ”he said, after a visit, a high pontiff.
During this first spell in Portugal, Bergolo still met with the President of the Republic of Marcelo Rebel de Souza, and then Prime Minister Antonio Costa, and also participated in lunch with Portuguese bishops.
World Youth Day (JMJ)
About six years later, on August 2, 2023, Pope Francis returned to Earth in Portugal, as part of his 42nd Apostolic trip outside Italy. This time, on the occasion of the long -awaited World Youth Day (JMJ), Which took place from 1 to 6 this month in Lisbon.
In the issue of the event, which was originally scheduled for 2022, but will ultimately be postponed due to the pandemic Covid-19. And that, from the moment of his first edition in 1986 in Rome, it was genuine Meeting among believers of four corners of the world, Namely, young people.
And it was in Lisbon that Pope Francis starred in the context in the context JMJ reception ceremony, This has been given this since the declaration of your death as an example of your attempt to open for dialogue and inclusion:
“No one in the church is no more, there is a place for everyone […]The field and Jesus said it clearly when he called the students to the Banquet Gentleman, who prepared him and said that they bring everything: young and old, sick and healthy, righteous and sinners. Everything, everything, everything. There is a place for everyone in the church. “
A message of equality and understanding that was repeated – this and other forms – during various ceremonies that were shot these days, between the Eduardo VII park and the Taga Park, with special fame for Announcement of August 5, which joined 1.5 million people.
Pope Francis also made A brief visit to the sanctuary of Fatima, Where he prayed the third with young people with disabilities and young people in the chapel of performances.