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He Pope Francis condemned this Thursday “ideological” use to “take advantage” of the Virgin of Guadalupeduring the traditional mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in honor of the “patron Mexico and America.”

“Looking at the image of Mary of Guadalupe, pregnant, announcing the birth of the savior, pregnant like a mother, with what tenderness does she say to the Indian: “Don’t be afraid, I’m not here, I’m your mother?” It became known about Mary’s motherhood– said the pontiff.

Francis, first Hispanic pope in historylamented that “unfortunately, so many ideologies wanted to extract from this Guadeloupe secret in order to take ideological advantage.”

The Pope admitted that, looking at the image of the Virgin Mary, “three simple things” come to mind: mom, roses and tilmaa mantle with which the Indian Juan Diego collected flowers.

Mary’s motherhood is recorded in this tilma, in this simple tilma Mary’s motherhood is shown through the beauty of the roses that the Indian finds and carries. Mary’s motherhood performs a miracle, instilling faith in the somewhat distrustful hearts of the prelates.

Then return to condemn the ideological use of this cultas in previous years.

“Tilma, rose, Indian. All that is said about the mystery of Guadalupe, other than that, it’s a liewants to use it for ideologies. The secret of Guadalupe is to worship her and feel in our ears: “Am I not your mother here,” he said.

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A few words that, according to the pontiff, should be heard in “the moments of life, the various difficult moments of life, the happy moments of life, the everyday moments of life.”

The Argentine Pope once again celebrated St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican Virgin of Guadalupe with weightjust like every December 12, when the Spanish language was heard in readings, in songs, and in the pontiff’s own sermon.

EFE