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The Pope celebrates to be present among the faithful again

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Vatican City, May 12 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) Pope Francis resumed Wednesday general audiences with the presence of the faithful, interrupted since last October by the pandemic, and was "happy" to be able to see people face to face because "it is not nice to speak before anything or to a camera".FOOTAGE OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE POPE TO THE VAITCANSOUNDBITES BY THE POPETRANSLATION: 1- "I am happy to resume this face-to-face meeting, because, I tell you one thing, it is not very nice to speak in front of anything or a camera and now after so many months, thanks to the courage of Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza (in charge of the organization of the hearings) ". 2- "And meet the people, meet you, with their own history, people who come from all over, from Italy, from the United States, from Colombia, and that little soccer team of 4 Swiss brothers, the little sister is missing and it is something that I like because we are all brothers in the Lord and it helps us to pray for each other ". 3- "Praying is not something easy. Every time we want to do it, many other activities immediately come to mind, which at that moment seem more important and more urgent." 4- "And he got hooked on the bars of the basilica, and spent the whole night praying to the Mother, fighting for the health of his daughter. This is not a fantasy, I have seen it, I have lived it. I have witnessed it , prayer works miracles, because it goes directly to the tenderness of God ".

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