Pope Leo XIV on Monday thanked Costa Rican artist Paula Sáenz Soto for donating a pro-life Nativity scene to the Vatican, named “Gaudium” (“Joy”), which features a pregnant Virgin Mary.
“I thank the Costa Rican artist who, along with the message of peace of Christmas, also wanted to make an appeal for protecting life from conception,” the pope said during the audience he granted Dec. 15 to the delegations that prepared this year’s Christmas tree and Nativity scenes that will adorn the Vatican during the Christmas season.
The artwork from the Central American country has been on display since Dec. 15 in the Pope Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican, the large hall where the pope is now holding his Wednesday general audiences so pilgrims don’t have to endure the cold temperatures of the Roman winter in St. Peter’s Square.
In his address, the Holy Father alluded to its composition, mentioning the 28,000 colorful ribbons that symbolize lives saved thanks to the support provided by Catholic organizations to pregnant women in vulnerable situations….
From ACI Prensa via Catholic News Agency
A city called Tira in Texas has just become the 91st city in America to declare itself a Sanctuary City for the Unborn. Wish we could have a major coastal city — Los Angeles, New York City, etc.– do likewise!
Thank you, Pope Leo — Holy Father, for your appreciation of pro-lifers’ hard work. Bene nota everyone and do not say that he “never” speaks about the evils of abortion. Give the man some credit.
Whoops! make that “nota bene”, my computer failed to correct me. It corrected me on the spelling but not the order.