Vatican City (
AsiaNews) - This evening Pope Francis went down into the Vatican Grottoes to
preside over a prayer for his predecessors.
It
was a "strictly private " prayer, on the day when the Church
celebrates the commemoration of all the faithful departed.
On
Monday April 1 last, Pope Francis visited in the Vatican Grottoes and paid
tribute to the tombs of the Popes of the last century to be found there:
Benedict XV, Pius XI , Pius XII, Paul VI, John Paul
I. The
act of homage concluded with a visit of devotion to St Peter's tomb in the
necropolis that lies beneath the Vatican Basilica.
Yesterday,
Francis went to the Roman
Verano cemetery and celebrated a
Mass for the dead , with a special thought for those who "died at sea, as
they sought a better life ."