Thousands people attended the exequial mass held at the gates of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires in honor of the papa Franciscoofficiated by the archbishop of the city, Jorge García Cuervathat he could not avoid the tears of emotion by reminding the deceased pontiff, and who made a call to “complete as a church and society” the legacy of the Supreme Pontiff.
The ceremony began at 10:00 local time (15:00 Spanish peninsular time), while Thousands of faithful, curious and proud Argentines If a Pope in his country had arrived on May Avenue with flags, prints and rosaries in his hand.
From the altar, located on the stairs of the temple, García Cuerva spoke with emotion and, in some moments, with a broken voice for the pain shared by Francisco’s departure.
“We cry because everyone’s father diedwe cry because we do not finish dimensioning and understanding their international leadership, “he said before the congregates.
The four auxiliary bishops, the Monsignors Iván Dornelles, Alejandro Pardo, Alejandro Giorgi and Pedro Cannavó, as well as other bishops of the dioceses of Argentina and priests of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires.
Referents also attended parish clubs from different neighborhoods of the city, which highlighted the closeness and legacy of the Pope in his communities.
“He left us many teachings, about All humility, poverty, which we are all the same. Not because we are occupying a service we are more than the others, on the contrary, “said Cecilia Ojeda, an Argentine nun.
Norma Toledo, another religious, added: “And that also I apologize to the Argentine peoplefor everything that has to do with politics, we have not been able to understand it, we have judged it, it is so. And I would have liked that I could come or stay a little more with us. “
“I am so grateful because It was really a Pope for the world. He did not care breed or creed, “said, retired Amanda Ruiz in the Plaza de Mayo, where the Cathedral of Buenos Aires rises.
For the celebration of this Mass, a large security operation that included the partial cut of traffic in the surrounding streets to May Beach, the Cathedral and the Casa Rosada (Government headquarters), which ended up being excessive before the few thousand people who attended the ceremony.
A greater concurrence was also expected in the vigil organized by the youth of different social movements, for which numerous were installed portable bathrooms in anticipation that a crowd spent the night there, but barely managed to gather about 70 people.
Francisco’s legacy
This Saturday’s day in Argentina served to Remember Francisco’s teachings.
“Let us remember words of the Pope when he told us: ‘The world is missing today’. The marginalized ones cry, those who are neglected cry, the despised cry, but those who lead a life more or less without needs do not know how to cry,” said the archbishop of Buenos Aires, a position he held Jorge Mario Bergoglio Before being Simo Pontiff.
“Francisco, as a good father, was everyone’s father, but especially dealt with the most fragile, had predilection for the latter, For the marginalized, by the sick, by the disposables of society, “added García Cuerva.
In turn, he stressed that “Francisco, throughout his pontificate, Propically unmasked several demons that make humanity suffer a lot. “
In that sense, talked about the war, “That always favors the gain of a few, to the detriment of the well -being of the entire populations and the demon of the exclusion, of the culture of discarding and indifference.”
He also referred to the “boiling Unusual forms of aggressivenessof insults, of abuse, of disqualifications, of verbal lashes “, which the Pope called” the terrorism of the networks. “
Then he proceeded to give communion to the concurrent ones, among which were the vice president of Argentina, Victoria Villaruel; the mayor of the city of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri; and the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, the Peronist Axel Kicillof.
Towards the end of the ceremony, different political groups and social movements arrived with bombs and banners to the hug walk to the Pontiff around the Plaza de Mayo, prior to the spontaneous applause of the concurrent and the intonation of the national anthem.
