I Love Santo Papas: An Appreciation To Our Two Beloved Holy Fathers

I really love the late Pope John Paul The Great. I love reading his stories and some struggles in his papacy. I even write a feature article months after he died to commemorate and celebrate his worthy life as the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Although I don't have any chances to see him personally when he was still alive, I'm really hoping and praying that I can visit his tomb at the Vatican City to thank him for giving me such realizations that I regret to put in my mind in the past. He was my inspiration in joining a Marian organization way back in high school. As we all know, Pope John Paul II is a Marian devotee and really love the Blessed Virgin Mary. Because of him, I'm now a Marian and really loves Mama Mary, next to Jesus and before him. I really MISS his smile every Christmas and Easter Sunday masses on television. ü

Meanwhile, I became worried when I lerarned about Pope Benedict XVI's injury yesterday morning while on his vacation in Northern Italy.

According to the New York Times, the Pope fractured his right wrist and went to his first medical intervention known to the public since his papacy in 2005.

"It’s nothing serious," the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said in a telephone interview with the Times. He said doctors had ruled out the possibility that Benedict XVI had been ill before falling.

In a statement released by the Vatican, the pope’s private physician, Dr. Patrizio Polisca, said that Benedict was "in good condition.

The Vatican said that the pope had slipped overnight in his room in the chalet where he was staying in the mountainous Valle d’Aosta region.

Father Lombardi said that Dr. Polisca, who travels with the pope, was already in Valle d’Aosta when the pope fell and that he oversaw the local doctors who performed the operation.

In a statement, the Vatican said that Benedict XVI was well enough to eat breakfast and celebrate Mass before being taken by car to the local hospital on Friday morning.

I am praying for the safe recovery of our beloved Pope and for his continuous good health, so that he can make his divine responsibility for all Catholics in the World. Amen.

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