Romanian Catholics pay tribute to Pope Francis with mass and special prayers
Catholics of the Ruchein Commune, in the northeast RomaniaThey gathered to respect Papa Francisco With a special mass and various prayers in your memory.
About 700 Catholic families live in Rucheneni, about 60 kilometers from the city of IAși. Romania is a huge Orthodox Christian country where Catholics represent about 4% of the population.
The Parishers of the Ruchein Local Church loaded candles and along with the priests, who led the Catholic Church for 12 years. Easter died at 88 MondayAfter suffering from a stroke that leads to coma and heart failure.
“The Catholic world is certainly not only grief, but the death of Pope Francis has affected all of us,” Pariscar Ayonu Pok said.
After religious service, the community met in the cemetery, where priests led the prayers. The bells of the churches of the IAII Diocese will play every day at noon during the official mourning.
Pope Francis visited the area in 2019 during a historic trip to Romania. About 150,000 people filled the city roads for this occasion, including many from Rucheneni.
83 -year -old Sicilia Lupu has a photo of Pope Francis in his prayer book. “He is dead and blessed. I cried during the church request,” he tells Eurneus.
Parisoners recall the arrival of 2019 with reverence. “This is the Mercy Pope, the Pope of Love, the Pope of the Poor,” says Liliana Augustine.
“He is a very humble man,” says Edward Biog. “The man of an unusual innovative kindness.”
Romanian leaders, including the president Ilie polojan And the Prime Minister Marcel SeoulThis week paid tribute to Pope Francis.
“In these moments of grief and deep sadness, I extend my condolences to the Catholics from Romania and around the world, and the Pope Francis is a guiding spiritual lighthouse,” Monday wrote.
