Hundreds attend special mass in Pope Francis's home city, Buenos Aires

A man walks next to a banner with an image of Pope Francis as he attends a mass for his healing in Constitution Square, the place where, when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires he gave annual masses to denounce exclusion and human trafficking in Buenos Aires, on February 24, 2025. [AFP]

Hundreds of Argentines attended a special mass Monday for their countryman Pope Francis, hospitalized in a critical condition with pneumonia in Rome.

They gathered on the same square in Buenos Aires where as archbishop, Jorge Bergoglio used to give mass and rail against inequality and injustice.