BUENOS AIRES (AP) — “Francis, the city prays for you.” Those were the words projected onto Buenos Aires' most iconic monument, the Obelisco, over the weekend as Catholics from across Argentina flocked to churches to pray for the recovery of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope in history.

At a Mass in the cathedral of Buenos Aires on Sunday, numerous worshippers prayed for the ailing Pope Francis, who was born in the Argentinian capital. In front of the church where the pope used to work,

The obelisk in Buenos Aires has been illuminated with messages of recovery for its famous native son - Pope Francis, who is ill in a Rome hospital with pneumonia. The words "Francis, the city prays for you,