Immigrants, transgender, poor, prisoners at the last goodbye to Pope

Salvator Cinosio – Vatican City

Each one will have a white rose in his hand. They will be about forty, all of whom arranged on Saturday morning, April 26, on the stairs of Santa Maria Mager. The poor, homeless, prisoners, transgender, and immigrants will say “goodbye”, but above all “thanks” to the Pope who was for many like “Father”.

For them, the “last” of society, this time it will be the honor to be the last. The last time she fired at Francisco before the funeral of the coffin that will occur between the Polina chapel (chapel The safety of the Roman people ) The Sforza Church in the Liberian Bazilica, according to the desire of the Pope, after the funeral in Plaza de San Pedro.

With children around her

The news was announced in a statement issued by the Holy See, which confirms that “the poor have a distinct place in the heart of God”, as well as “in the heart and in the teaching of the Holy Father, who chose the name Francisco and does not forget them.” But who provides details to the Vatican media is “Don Ben”, Monsignor Benoni Amaros, Secretary of the CEI Committee for Migration and delegates in the field of charitable works, who was on December 26 next to Francisco in one of the most symbolic symbolic gestures: the opening of the Holy Gate in Rieia Prison.

Ambaros is transferred to think that day, even these days when we are still difficult to treat the death of Pope Francis. His voice is separated during the phone conversation, especially by explaining the reasons for this gesture: “It seems to me an influential decision, because the Holy Father Francisco was welcomed by the mother who loved a lot (Salus Populi Romani, Mr. Dr. For his beloved children, who will accompany him in these recent steps. It looks really beautiful … ».

The value of the presence of the poor

The idea was born after a connection between Ambaros himself and the sovereignty of the papal liturgical celebrations, Monsignor Diego Ravili, “to try to estimate the presence of the poor in the funerals or somehow.” Next, various fragile or poor groups, including homeless, immigrants, prisoners, explicit or poor families, were represented. Ideally, it seems as if all their loved ones accompany him in his recent steps.

In the papal basilica drawer, there will be about 40 people, and the final communication is expected to the number and list of prisoners who will get permission to participate in this time. “Small representation of the transgender people we follow, explains to a small community of nuns we live with with these transgender people.” They have very beautiful stories. One in particular, when we met even before Christmas, he had just signed his first contract with the help of Caritas diocese in Rome. I was excited.

Void

Many “stories” for many people who, among other things, had the opportunity to meet Francisco in these years. Among the prisoners, for example, from my Lord, but there are also immigrants or homeless people. “Almost everyone has had the opportunity to meet him at least once,” the bishop explains. Always with the memory of Ribibia, he explains that there is all the greatness of those elections for the Pope to make a “cathedral” prison for one day. At the same time, a “vacuum” for those who participated.

They have, who live this prison, a wonderful feeling orphan Because this is what I hear, this is what they write to me, that’s what they tell me. They feel orphans from the father, on the one hand; On the other hand, they wrote to me on the last day: “We will continue to adhere to this hope that called us to cling.” This hope is also that “civil society and all we do not forget them, as Pope Francis called us.”

Pope’s contributions in recent years for those in need

The Pope who supported the prisoners in a concrete way through financial contributions. The Holy Father, “The Environment – has always invited everyone to do something, and he himself did.

The introduction is martyred as “one of the first great gestures in the times of Kovid” that was the creation of the financing of Jesso Devio workers with a million euros for the diocese of Rome to help the unemployed, and those who worked illegally, and those who face difficulties in paying bills, purchasing food or medical care. “The Pope also gave us a million to renew the old Cabero house and turn it into apartments for poor families.” But not only in Rome, the entire Pongolio “suffers from contributions all over the world”, without forgetting “the great change of the path regarding the management of ecclesiastical goods in favor of the most needy.”

Goodbye, but also thanks

So these people in need are not only to welcome but also thank. “They will receive it with a white rose, all, and with the gesture of the white rose is a way to say welcoming the house, because it will go to the father’s house, and it is a rose to say thanks for what I did for us.” “Children are the ones who live the Father.”