An Egyptian of 18 years arrived in Rome to participate since this Saturday in the Jubilee of the young people has died suddenly, one “tragedy“Regretted by Pope Leo XIV, who will receive his travel companions in the Vatican.
The girl has dead For a heart failure Tonight on the bus in which he was traveling to the parish of Artena, in the province of Rome, where he stayed during the celebration of the Jubilee of the Young people, according to local media.
Pope Leo XIV, who will preside over a vigil with hundreds of thousands of young people arriving in Rome from all over the Holy Year, has received this news “with deep pain,” said the Holy See in a statement.
Therefore, he has contacted the titular bishop of Tarso and auxiliary of the Patriarchal Church of Antioquía de los Greco-Melkitas for Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan, Monsignor Jean-Marie Chami, to express his “spiritual closeness to relatives “ of the victim. In addition, on the afternoon of this Saturday Leo XIV will receive the group of pilgrims and travel companions of the deceased girl.
“The encounter, marked by a deep emotion, will be an occasion of prayer and spiritual comfort for young people, still moved by this painful event,” reads the note of the Holy See.
And he adds: “By joining the suffering of those who have been affected by this tragic episode, the Holy Father ensures prayers of suffrage and invokes the consolation and comfort for family, friends and all those who cry their loss.”
Rome has been taken by hundreds of thousands of young people from 146 countries Of all the world for the jubilee dedicated to them, one of the most anticipated events of this Holy Year.
The act will enter its most important phase this afternoon with a vigil chaired by Leo XIV in the great esplanade of Tor Vergata, on the Roman periphery, the same in which John Paul II congregated millions of people in 2000 for the World Youth Day.
After a night of music and camping, the jubilee dedicated to young Catholics will have its final touch on Sunday morning with a massive mass officiated by the Pontiff.
