Pope Francis spoke of a possible visit to Argentina – 30/03/2019

A little more than six years after his appointment as supreme pontiff, Papa Francisco he badured this Saturday that hope to visit Argentina soon. Although there is no precise date and elections are being held this year in the country, speculation about a trip to 2020 is on the rise.

In early March, all Argentine bishops met in Pilar and anticipated that at the next meeting with Jorge Bergoglio, they would say, "Do not deprive yourself of the joy of visiting us".

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As usual with Pope Francis, he spoke with journalists about the flight of the airline Alitalia, which took him from Rome to Rabat this Saturday to begin a two-day visit to Morocco.

In the plane, he was consulted during a visit to Argentina, where he has not traveled yet since his appointment in March 2013. "We'll see if I can go soon"replied the pontiff.

Earlier this month, the Argentine bishops welcomed the pontiff for the sixth anniversary of his election and announced that they would renew an invitation to the country during the visit. ad limina (at the thresholds of the pulpit of Peter) that will do the Vatican. As he advanced ClarinIt will be in three rounds, between late April and early May, for the traditional ceremony that bishops around the world must perform every five years.

The purpose of the visit is to inform about the state of the Church in their respective countries in the context of different national realities. In the case of the Argentineans, it will be the first in Francisco, since the precedent was in 2009 to Benedict XVI. This makes it particularly relevant for the national episcopate.

The current leadership of the episcopate is led by the Bishop of San Isidro, Oscar Ojea, and is aligned with Francisco. Many ecclesiastical media believe that the announcement of the invitation to the pope had been approved by the pontiff himself.

"To say publicly that you will be asked not to deprive yourself of the joy of visiting the country when you are late, this puts pressure on the pope and it is unthinkable that this conduct pressthey interpret.

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This week, Ojea mentioned the phrase that the Argentine bishops will wear. "It was just an expression of desire. It is natural that we tell him that we want to come. But far from being a formal invitation or pressure. It would be ridiculous to think that we can put pressure on the pope for it to come, "Ojea said during an interview with the agency. Telam

In this context, Ojea confirmed the next visit that all bishops will make to the Vatican between April 28 and May 18. "We must stop cursing the teaching of Francisco and not reduce the Pope's theme to the fact that he smiles or not, whether or not he gives a rosary, whether he comes or not no, and the Argentineans, in general, have a hard time letting him be Pope, we want him to be still Argentinian. We always want to bring the pope in all the gaps and problems", concluded Ojea.

In addition, this Saturday, when hosting Spanish-speaking journalists, the Sovereign Pontiff said that he "would like" to visit Spain, another country that he has not visited since being elected Pope 266 of the Catholic Church, March 13, 2013.

After being elected the first American Pope of the Catholic Church, Francisco visited most of the Latin American countries: Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico. As statistical data, it will remain the only pontiff of the last 51 years who did not visit his homeland in the first year of his mandate.

This year, Jorge Bergoglio has already visited Panama, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco, and confirmed visits to Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania (May) and Madagascar, Mozambique and Mauritius ( in September).

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