Pope calls Peruvian woman while hospitalized

Francis learned that Marcela del Rosario Pariona Barcena, the child’s mother, visited him at the hospital on Thursday and brought him a poster with her relatives’ wishes for a recovery.

When the pope found out about the visit of the Peruvian woman, who has been in Italy with part of her family for several years, he called the woman, the Vatican press office reported. The pope was “impressed” by her affection and her poster with the wishes for recovery.

“I got a shock”

“I got a shock when the Pope spoke to me on the phone in Spanish. He told me about his stay in the hospital. I asked if I could meet him, if it was possible to spend an afternoon with him. He answered me: ‘ Gladly, yes,'” the woman said in an interview with Rai 1.

“I want to show the Pope that we are a humble but very united family,” said the Peruvian. On March 31, the pope baptized the few days old child who had been hospitalized after a serious fall.

Francis spent his second night in the hospital on Wednesday after the intestinal operation with general anesthesia in the Roman polyclinic “Agostino Gemelli”. According to media reports, on Thursday evening the values ​​of the 86-year-old were stable and he was given liquid food. The check-ups showed good results, it said. Now, however, Francis must continue to rest and recover.