(ZENIT News / Rome, 05.15.2024).- In the afternoon of Tuesday, May 14th, Pope Francis visited the parish of San Giuseppe al Trionfale, in the Prati district, to meet with Roman priests who have been ordained for 40 years or more.
The Pope arrived around 3:50 PM, greeted by many faithful who were waiting for him near the church entrusted to the Guanellian Fathers.
To welcome him, in addition to the vice-rector of the Diocese of Rome, Monsignor Baldo Reina, and Monsignor Michele Di Tolve, delegate of the Area for the care of the diaconate, clergy, and religious life, there were about seventy priests. Among them was Father Antonio Ciamei, the dean of the group, born in 1929 and ordained on April 25th, 1954.
Inside a rectory room, the Pontiff conversed with the priests. At the end of the meeting, which lasted about two hours, 110 children from the elementary school and another 100 from catechesis welcomed the Pope in the church, presenting him with drawings and letters.
«It is the Holy Father’s desire, after having completed the journey through the sectors of the Diocese of Rome, to meet with all the priests according to their years of priestly ordination. It is his wish to continue maintaining direct dialogue with the priests of his diocese,» explained Monsignor Di Tolve, who added, «The Pope begins this tour by meeting with the more mature priests, those who have experienced various stages in the life of the Diocese of Rome.» The recent publication of the Jubilee Bull was one of the topics of dialogue and discussion.
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