Francisco: Thank you for the many messages and prayers

“I am moved by the many messages and affection received these days. I thank everyone for their closeness and prayer.” This is Pope Francis’ tweet on his @Pontifex account. The Pontiff received many messages of speedy recovery, including the testimony of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, who addressed yesterday to his “beloved brother in Christ”, assured: “We let us pray to the heavenly Lord that he will keep and protect him in his mercy, granting him longevity and many fruitful years of pontificate. “

Several heads of state and government have also expressed their closeness to the Pope: for example, the president of the ROC (Taiwan), Tsai Ing-Wen, who sent a message on Monday, July 5. On the same day, the President of the State of Palestine and of the PLO Executive Committee, Mahmoud Abbas, wrote from Ramallah: “We all pray to God that he will give him the health necessary to be able to continue in his commitment to to create peace and love between peoples. “

Yesterday, it was the turn of the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who, by “presenting, also on behalf of the nation”, the “best wishes for a speedy recovery”, took the “opportunity to renew the most sincere wishes of health and well-being to His Holiness and to the Catholic world “- and to the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, who” in these hours of personal trial “expects a” speedy recovery “, praying” with fervor that Our Lord Jesus Christ bestows on Your Holiness, health and strength. “I, my government and the Cypriot people look forward to his speedy and complete recovery,” he concluded.

With them also the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, who, in his own name, “of the people and of the government”, expressed his wishes “for a complete and rapid recovery” of the operation. on the day of the operation, Sunday 4, the words of Rául Castro Ruz, who remarked: “The peoples need your wisdom and your moral authority more than ever.

“Support in prayer” also came from the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, confident that “His Holiness will soon resume his commitments, to continue to guide the Catholic Church and the Holy See and to support with love and hope everyone community, who is in great need of “your spiritual comfort” in these difficult times.

Many prelates do not miss their prayers either. Like those of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) who, in a note from its president, Monsignor Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, say that they have received with “deep joy” the news of the good recovery of the Pontiff “, and added that” our concern is prayer and closeness and together with our faithful, as people of God, we have called upon the good Heavenly Father so that the surgery you have undergone will be a success. “” We continue to pray for you. Count on our closeness, affection and prayer in this time of recovery ”.

For his part, Cardinal John Atcherley Dew, Archbishop of Wellington and President of the New Zealand Bishops’ Conference, said that “every New Zealand Catholic will mention Pope Francis in his prayers”, rejoicing “to know that the Holy -Father coped well with the operation and is recovering “quickly.

Finally, Rabbi Arthur Schneider, president and founder of the “Call of Conscience” foundation, yesterday sent a message in which he hopes that the Pontiff, “a renewed force”, will be able to “continue to embrace all humanity with love and compassion ”that will set you apart.