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to sit very near the Pope. This was really a gift from above.
Eventually, Pope Francis greeted them one by one, and all
of them, without exception, and without coordinating a
prepared remark said to the Pope that they were with 700
pilgrims of True Life in God and Vassula, that were gathered
together to pray and work for Unity. The Pope then declared
happily to one of them, “but I know Vassula!” The Pope
seemed delighted. Archbishop Attallah from the Maronite
Church said to thePope daringly:
“YoumustmeetVassula,”
to which the Pope responded:
“pray for me…”
Pope Francis
asked from almost all our clergy to pray for him.
While we were all at the Papal audience, Vassula together
with Fr. Vincent Cosatti and Mgr. René Laurentin drove
over to meet the great and renowned exorcist Fr. Gabriel
Amorth who is now 92 years old. He said to them that he
still does exorcism with the cases he had, but does not take
new cases. Mgr. Laurentin and Fr. Amorth are great friends
and have known each other for some time. Fr. Amorth has
also known Vassula for years, since the
time she was living in Rome. She had
gone over to visit him and greet him while
he was guiding a Medjugorje group in
prayer. He announced to his group that
Vassula was among them, and asked them
to pray without ceasing as our Lord had
instructed Vassula.
When the Papal audience event ended,
all of our Archbishops and Bishops who
were gathered near the CDF Office were
still discussing with excitement what they
had said to the Pope, and what he had
replied. Vassula, who had just returned
from the meeting with Fr. Amorth, coincidently saw all of
them standing in the street near the Papal audience area,
discussing happily. When they saw Vassula, they called her
Rome Pilgrimage 2015
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Here isHis ExcellencyBishopSimonAttallah, withArchbishop
GeorgesAlHaddad, Fr.NabilMouannes andFr. EmileAbouMrad.
Here is His Excellency with Bishop Simon Attallah,
Archbishop Georges Al Haddad, Fr. Nabil Mouannes and Fr.
Emile Abou Mrad.
Mass at Guadalupe Church in Rome - Celebrated by His
Excellency, Bishop Simon Attallah
Vassula with the Archbishops and Bishops after the Papal Audience