2024-02-11 21:31:41
President, Javier Mileygreeted the Pope Francisco in St. Peter’s Basilica at the canonization ceremony of María Antonia de San José de Paz y Figueroathe laywoman known as Mama Antula, who today became the first Argentine saint in history.
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Milei greeted the pontiff in the sacristy of the Vatican Basilica, in his role as head of the Argentine delegation, and said in statements to the press inside the Basilica: “It is a very important moment for Argentine history.”
Javier Milei’s first meeting with Pope Francis AFP
The president was accompanied by the general secretary of the Presidency, Karina Milei; by the chancellor Diana Mondino; by the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos; and by the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovelloamong other authorities.
The hug between the pontiff and the Argentine president AFP
At the beginning of the Eucharistic ritual, the President was seated in the front row and to the side of Pope Francis. As part of the protocol, Francis stated: “We declare and define blessed María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa as a saint and we inscribe her in the catalog of saints.”
Pope Francis and Javier Milei hugged at the canonization of Mama Antula AFP
After the mass, Francisco came to greet Milei in his wheelchair before leaving the Basilica and they said goodbye with a hug, prior to the summit between the two. The head of the Catholic Church also greeted other members of the delegation, such as Karina Milei and Guillermo Francos.
Mama Antula is the first Argentine saint: what she did and what her miracles were
María Antonia de Paz y Figueroabetter known as Mama Antula, was canonized by Pope Francis in the Vatican today and became the first Argentine saint in history.
The Church confirmed that Mama Antula performed at least two miracles, after being beatified in 2016, for which she was canonized this Sunday worthy of veneration throughout the entire planet.
Mama Antula produced her first miracle in 1905 when she cured Sister Vanina Rosa of the Daughters of the Divine Saviorwhich was in a bad state and improved after María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa intervened.
Secondly, the now saint managed to heal a man who suffered a cardiovascular accident (CVA) in Santa Fe, after praying to Mama Antula to get better. “They prayed to María Antonia and the miracle of her healing occurred. The clinical history was sent to Rome to be evaluated by nine different doctors from other parts of the world,” explained historian Graciela Ojeda de Río in statements to Télam.
The doctors found no explanation or scientific reasons for the healing of this man who suffered the stroke. That is why Mama Antula was beatified in 2016 in Santiago del Estero by Pope Francis and today she was made a saint.