He Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge García Cuervahe provided one Special Mass for the death of Pope Francis and expressed that “The best tribute we can do is stop facing all the time.”
In the Metropolitan Cathedral, García Cuerva said “Everyone’s Pope died, the Pope of the poor, the one that many excluded.”
“The best tribute we can do is unite, dialogue, stop facing all the time,” He reflected.
As the first official gesture of the local Church after the death of the Supreme Pontiff, the archbishop said: “That he goes quietly to heaven with the peace of mind that his children are going to live that national unit.”
“The Pope said that if God was so merciful to us, we cannot cease to be with others. He insisted with the culture of the encounter, with tender bridges. The Pope was our father. The father of all. The father of the poor. The father of mercy. The father of joy. He told us that Christians could not have a vinegar face, we could not be complaining and sorry,” highlighted.
In turn, the archbishop of Buenos Aires added: “It is precisely going in the Eighth of Easter, The day the Christians celebrated the resurrection of the Lord. What contradictory our heart seems to be today. On the one hand, we celebrate Easter and want to live the Pascual joy because death has been defeated forever with the resurrection of the Lord. But at the same time, the pain of the heart is great because our father left. Our Father. The father of the Argentines, whom we did not always understand but deeply love. “
On the other hand, Garcia Cuerva He stated: “I encourage me to say that now we all have to be a little Francis Francisco and be attentive to our poorest brothers, the marginalized, whom nobody wants. “
And asked: “The best tribute we can do is unite, Tender bridges, dialogue, stop facing all the time, because it is the father, what greater pain than to see his divided children. Let Francis go to heaven with the peace of mind that his children will try to live that national unity so pending among us. “
The ceremony began after 8.30 and was attended by the Porteño Head of Government, Jorge Macriwho published an emotional message after the death of the Holy Father.
Source: Ambito
