The Pope receives for half an hour the president of the Community of Madrid, the mayor and the federal government delegate “a pleasing reminiscence, an unforgettable second”
The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, was acquired this Saturday for half an hour in viewers by Pope Francis on the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, on the event of the IV Centenary of the Canonization of San Isidro Labrador, patron saint of the Madrid metropolis.
Together with the Madrid president, the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, the federal government delegate in Madrid, Mercedes González, and the cardinal archbishop of Madrid, Carlos Osoro, participated within the papal reception.
Díaz Ayuso has described the assembly as “a pleasing reminiscence, an unforgettable second”. “He has requested us for unity, which isn’t the identical as uniformity, that we consider the individuals forward of ideologies, one thing with which I completely agree. You have to manipulate based mostly on ideas and values, however by no means on the premise of ideologies that make a grid administration that does nothing greater than divide the individuals”, the president defined to the media after the assembly.
The Pope talks with Osoro, earlier than the gaze of Ayuso, Martínez-Almeida and GonzálezVATICAN MEDIA HANDOUT
“He has requested us to cease speaking a lot concerning the previous and the wars and I could not agree extra”, added the president, who, for her half, conveyed to the Pope the “affection and closeness” of the residents of Madrid and to wish for everybody, particularly for essentially the most susceptible individuals and people in tough conditions. They have additionally been speaking about Madrid, a metropolis and a area “fashionable and on the service of all”.
The Madrid president has advised the pontiff concerning the advances in well being which have allowed the Niño Jesús and Gregorio Marañón hospitals to develop youngsters’s exoskeletons that enable the mobility of minors with paralysis. “She has been impressed by what we do in Madrid” on the service of residents, stated Díaz Ayuso.
The Madrid well being division buys the primary two exoskeletons with public funds on this planet for youngsters between 3 and 12 years of age.
Gregorio Marañón, October 12 and La Paz be a part of the investigation.
These youngsters start to have one other life.
Thank you to all who made it doable! pic.twitter.com/C2z7aDVm5w
— Isabel Díaz Ayuso (@IdiazAyuso) March 17, 2023
The president has given the pope a facsimile that collects the miracles of San Isidro Labrador.