ROMA – Homage to surprise on the day of the Immaculate Conception, this morning at 6 from the Pope to Our Lady of Piazza di Spagna. A tradition that he did not want to ignore but which, to avoid gatherings, he chose to do so early in solitude and not in the afternoon as per the tradition of the potenfics. He had already done this last year.
While it was still night in Rome after placing a basket of white roses at the base of the column, the Pope stopped in prayer – they explained from the Vatican press office – asking Mary for the miracle of the cure for the many sick; healing, for peoples suffering severely from wars and the climate crisis; and of conversion, so that he may melt the heart of stone of those who build walls to ward off the pain of others. Immediately after, he went to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where “he continued the prayer in front of the icon of Maria Salus Populi Romani.