Catholics in Südflorida Mark Asche Wednesday with Pope Francis for the 20th day to the hospital

Miami-Dade County, Fla. -In Südflorida visited the Catholics in large numbers in the churches to remind you of the awakened times, which marked the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and the charity before Easter on April 20.

In Broward County, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski celebrated the fair in the Catholic Church of St. Anthony in Fort Lauderdale. In Miami-Dade County was auxiliary bishop Enrique Delgado in the Gesu Church in downtown Miami. The services included prayers for Pope Francis.

The Archdiocese of Miami published the Office for Additional Regulations for Compliance with Lent to include memories of “Fast and Abstinence” in order to take “only a full meal” on Wednesday.

In Rome, in the basilica of Saint Sabina, Cardinal Angelo de Donatis read a break from Pope Francis, who was near Gemelli University Hospital, where he was treated on the 10th floor since February 14.

Like many Catholics around the world, the 88-year-old Pope received the shape of a cross on his forehead with ashes from the burned palm branches, which were used last year to commemorate Jesus Triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

“The ashes reminds us that our life is fragile and insignificant: we are dust, from dust that we have been created, and we will return to dust,” said Francis in his Wednesday -Homily, according to the Holy See.

The most recent update of the Holy Stuhl about the health of the Catholic Church, which is treated for bilateral pneumonia, was that “the clinical image remains stable in the context of a complex situation.”

The Vatican reported that Francis used a nose tube during the day and a mechanical mask at night when he recovered from the two respiratory crisis he had on Monday. He was also subjected to physical and respiratory therapies.

According to the Vatican, Francis also called Rev. Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of the Holy Family Church in Gaza, who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In the Vatican City on St. Peter Square, Cardinal Francis Prevost prayed the rosary with the public for the health of the Pope.

Francis, who was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, had part of his lungs removed when he was in the 20s. Cardinals chose him on March 13, 2013 for a conclave with 115 participants.

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