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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Thursday, March 13, marked the first anniversary of his election by tweeting the message “Please pray for me” to his 12 million followers.
The tweet from the @Pontifex account, which echoed the pontiff’s appeal in his first Angelus prayer last year, was the only official acknowledgement from the Vatican of the anniversary, which Francis was spending on a spiritual retreat south of Rome.
In the manner that has come to define his papacy, Francis made the short trip by coach in the company of 83 members of the Curia, the Church’s governing body.
The retreat is a regular fixture in the Vatican calendar and is intended to mark Lent, the solemn pre-Easter period that is associated with self-denial, penance and repentance.
As such it represents the perfect alternative to what would have inevitably been a media circus had Francis opted to mark the anniversary in public. – with reports from Agence France-Presse/Rappler.com
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