{"id":37608,"date":"2024-04-28T14:55:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T14:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/pope-makes-first-visit-out-of-rome-for-seven-months-after-health-scares\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T14:55:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T14:55:34","slug":"pope-makes-first-visit-out-of-rome-for-seven-months-after-health-scares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/pope-makes-first-visit-out-of-rome-for-seven-months-after-health-scares\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope makes first visit out of Rome for seven months after health scares"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pope Francis has made his first trip out of Rome for seven months with a visit to Venice where he asked worshippers to “pray for me”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was a rare acknowledgement of the strains of the job as he told thousands of the faithful gathered in St Mark’s Square: “This work is not easy”.<\/p>\n

During a five-hour visit on Sunday, the pontiff visited an art exhibition and prison as well as conducting mass.<\/p>\n

The 87-year-old unexpectedly withdrew from a Good Friday procession<\/a><\/strong> in March “to preserve his health”.<\/p>\n

He had been battling respiratory problems all winter that made it difficult for him to speak at length.<\/p>\n

In December, he was due to go to the United Arab Emirates, but pulled out after coming down with flu.<\/p>\n

A painful knee ailment makes it hard for him to walk and on Sunday he regularly used a wheelchair, with Vatican News Television cutting away whenever he was helped into a chair to give a speech, or on to his white golf cart.<\/p>\n

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The Pope acknowledged Venice’s “enchanting beauty” in his homily at a mass before about 10,000 people in the shadow of St Mark’s Basilica, one of the most celebrated churches in Italy.<\/p>\n

But he said the city also faced an array of challenges, including climate change, the fragility of its cultural heritage, and overtourism.<\/p>\n

“Moreover, all these realities risk generating… frayed social relations, individualism, and loneliness,” he said.<\/p>\n

Venice introduced a \u20ac5 charge<\/a><\/strong> last week for day-trippers during peak travel periods in an effort to thin the crowds.<\/p>\n

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He started the day by flying by helicopter into a women’s prison where the Vatican has set up an exhibition that is part of the Venice Biennale, a prestigious international art show that has never been visited by a pope before.<\/p>\n

The pope has repeatedly called for society to rally around the poor and neglected, including prison populations.<\/p>\n

“Prison is a harsh reality, and problems such as overcrowding, the lack of facilities and resources, and episodes of violence, give rise to a great deal of suffering. But it can also become a place of moral and material rebirth,” he told inmates and guards on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He also addressed a group of young Venetians, urging them not to spend their life glued to their smartphones, but to help others.<\/p>\n

“If we always focus on our self, our needs, and what we lack, we will always find ourselves back at the starting point, crying over ourselves with a long face,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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