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Presidente Junta de Andaluía, Juanma Moreno participated in Rome in Public event where Pope Francis offered the organizing committee of the II International Congress of Brotherhood and Popular Piety held in Seville last December, informing the Holy Father about the conclusions of this event. This papal audience, attended by Archbishop of Seville, José Ángel Saiz Meneses and The mayor of the Hispanic capital, José Luis Sanz, builds on what the president had in March of last year.
«It was an important audience, as from Rome, the Archdiocese led this popular Congress of Piety, which in Andalusia has much to say, as it is a reflection of this passion of citizens of different ages and backgrounds, who feel connected. Our traditions and customs.
Participating in the audience with Pope Francis at the II International Congress of Brotherhood and Popular Piety.
Moreno emphasized that he had extended an invitation to the Pope to visit Andalucía and stated that many issues were addressed in this meeting The role and social work carried out by the Brotherhoods and Confraternities and their integration function, such as the one done with young people through musical groups and other traditions related to Holy Week.
He indicated that The main objective of this visit is to strengthen ties with the Vatican. He emphasized that this meeting is positive for Andalucía to be known and recognized, as this community is a reference for its popular religiosity, devotion, and the powerful number of brotherhoods that vertebrate and socially cohesion.
A moment from the meeting that took place in Rome.
The Andalusian community became the world capital of popular religiosity last December with the Procession of Magna Closionwhich brought together some of the most popular and beloved devotions of the Archdiocese. An event that generated enormous public, economic, and social interest, contributing to strengthening the positioning of Andalucía and Seville as a cultural destination.
In addition, Next May, the Jubilee procession will take place in Rome where two images will attend, with their processions of floats, serving as a good example of the great treasures that Andalucía safeguards, like the Christ of Expiration known as el Cachorro, from Seville, and the Virgin of Hope from Málaga.
Juanma Moreno posing in St. Peter’s Square, in Rome.
Both will have the privilege of representing the entire brotherhood and confraternity world, bringing Andalucía back as an international reference in popular religiosity.
«This will mean a revitalizing projection of what Andalucía is for the Catholic world, and it is very positive, as all elements of projection and everything related to tourism linked to worship, devotion, and religiosity that has grown in the world. Andalucía at its epicenter» he concluded.