'The City Prays for You': Buenos Aires Sends Best Wishes to Pope Francis
The city of Buenos Aires paid homage to Pope Francis as he was being treated in Rome's Gemelli Hospital.
Footage filmed on February 23 shows the Obelisk in Republic Square decorated with the Pope's face, along with the words 'Francisco, la ciudad reza por vos (Francis, the city prays for you).'
Pope Francis was born in Flores, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, in December 1936.
On Saturday, Vatican News said the Pope was in a critical condition with 'a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis.'
In an update on Sunday, it reported that 'the night passed peacefully, the Pope rested.' Credit: @Alfonsaa15 via Storyful
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