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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a videomessage to the Bishop of Gozo in Malta, Mario Grech, on the occasion of the inauguration of the mosaics of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Ta 'Pinu. There are three mosaics and depict the Virgin and Child; St. John the Baptist and St. Paul. The three works were installed on the central port of the Sanctuary and were made by the Aletti Center.Please find an English translation of the videomessage below.Dear pilgrims,I accept with joy the invitation to greet all of you who are today assembled at the Shrine of the Virgin of Ta 'Pinu, where a great embrace of mosaics awaits Jesus and his Mother.The image of the churchyard, which today is inaugurated, lays before our eyes the beauty of a simple contemplative prayer, accessible to all, great and small: the prayer of the holy Rosary. I too often used the Rosary in front of a mosaic: a small mosaic of Our Lady with the Child, where Mary appears in the centre, while in reality, using...
