Argentines pray for Pope Francis' health at Buenos Aires cathedral Mass

Francis, the city prays for you.” Those were the words projected onto Buenos Aires' most iconic monument, the Obelisco, over the weekend as Catholics from across Argentina flocked to churches to pray for the recovery of Pope Francis,

A man stands in front of a mural of Pope Francis outside the stadium of San Lorenzo, his soccer team, in the Padre Ricciardelli neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (Rodrigo Abd/AP) ROME — Pope Francis was sitting upright and receiving therapy for double pneumonia Wednesday,

From Buenos Aires to Mexico City, Latin Americans expressed closeness to the Argentine pope as he battles double pneumonia for the second week in a hospital room in Rome.

People attend a Mass to pray for Pope Francis' health in Constitution square in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. —The Associated Press About this program Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises.

Recyclers march in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 7, 2025, to show support for Pope Francis, who remains hospitalized in Rome. (AP Photo/)

Valentina Fernandez poses for a picture holding an image of Pope Francis after a Mass to pray for his health at Constitution Square in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Feb. 24,

Walter Espindola wears a shirt with the image of Pope Francis upon arriving at a Mass to pray for his health at Constitucion square in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Feb.

Argentines have long waited for Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Hundreds of Argentinians attend a mass to pray for the health of Pope Francis in Buenos Aires's Constitution Square, where he used to give mass back when he was archbishop to denounce social exclusion.