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El Papa Francisco visito en forma privada el Monasterio de Clausura de las Clarisas en Vallegloria en la poblacion italiana de Spello este 11 de enero.
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Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
1/11/2019 (7 years ago)
Published in Europe
Keywords: Pope Francis, cloistered monastery,
VATICANO (ACI Prensa) - Segun informo el Director interino de la Oficina de Prensa de la Santa Sede, Alessandro Gisotti, el PontĂÂfice realizo esta visita "para animar las monjas de clausura, la vida contemplativa y compartir con ellas la EucaristĂÂa, la oracion y el pan".
El 25 de agosto de 2016 estas religiosas habĂÂan visitado al Papa Francisco en la Casa Santa Marta junto al Obispo de Foligno, Mons. Gualtiero Sigismondi, con quienes rezaron por las vĂÂctimas del terremoto en Italia.
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En esa ocasion, el Santo Padre les regalo la Constitucion Apostolica "Vultum Dei quaerere" en representacion de todos los monasterios de clausura del mundo. La visita sorpresa del Papa este 11 de enero fue, en cierto sentido, un modo para devolverles aquella visita.
Mons. Sigismondi relato al diario del Episcopado italiano "Avvenire" que el Papa le habĂÂa manifestado en varias ocasiones la idea de esta visita y que el pasado 24 de diciembre supo el programa, pero aseguro que no lo dijo a nadie.
De este modo, el Papa se traslado a esta comunidad contemplativa, que es una de las mĂ¡s antiguas experiencias de Santa Clara. Llego poco antes de las 9: a.m. para celebrar la Misa junto a uno de sus secretarios, Yoannis Lahzi Gaid, y con Mons. Sigismondi.
Despues de la Misa, el Santo Padre compartio un tiempo de diĂ¡logo informal con las religiosas y despues almorzaron juntos y despues regresaron hacia el Vaticano.
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