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,

Hundreds of Argentines attended a special mass Monday for their countryman Pope Francis, hospitalized in a critical condition with pneumonia in Rome. They gathered on the same square in Buenos Aires where as archbishop,

Catholics in Buenos Aires attended Mass on Sunday to pray for Pope Francis' recovery. (Video by Cristian Kovadloff)

Hundreds attended a special open air mass in Buenos Aires Monday for Pope Francis, who remains hospitalised in a critical condition with pneumonia in Rome. A crowd gathered at Plaza Constitución, where Francis – when he was known as archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio – used to give an annual mass to rail against global inequality and injustice.