Pope Francis wrote a letter to
this young mother in prison
Santiago, Chile, Aug 2, 2016
/ 04:03 pm (CNA).-
A prison inmate in Chile was surprised when she received a letter last week
from Pope Francis, whom she had written a year ago asking for prayers.
On July 27, local bishop Luis
Infanti came to the prison in Coyhaique, located in the Aysén Region in
southern Chile. He gave the letter to Nicol, a young mother who is being held
there.
The story began last year,
when the inmates at Coyhaique prison were visited by the Apostolic Nuncio, Ivo
Scapolo, who proposed that she write a letter to the Pope that he would
personally deliver to him.
The young woman told the Holy
Father about her conditions in prison and her sentence. She asked “that you
pray a lot for me and for the people living here with me,” she told the diocese
of Aysén's communications office.
The letter was immediately
sent to the Holy See and eventually, a reply came to the Nunciature. Due to
what the diocese described as unavoidable circumstances, the delivery of the
message to Nicol was delayed for a year
In his letter, Pope Francis
expressed his thanks to Nicol for “the trust you have shown me as well as for
the prayers you are lifting up for me from your solitude, and that I need so
much.”
“For my part, I assure you
that I am keeping you in my prayers, as well as your son Fernando, and I ask
God to grant you the light of faith and the strength that comes from hope, and
that you can experience the consolation of our merciful God in the closeness of
the people you love,” the Holy Father wrote.
“Once again, I thank you for
your letter. And, please, I ask you to keep praying for me. May Jesus bless you
and the Holy Virgin care for you. Affectionately, Francisco,” the letter ends.
“I didn't think he was going
to reply,” Nicol said, adding, “I would now like to tell him that I have my
family, that I got married and I have a little two-month-old girl.”
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