Wednesday 3 April 2013

Pope Francis: Truly, the people’s pope!

 
By Nse Peter

The new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis is building an image of a spiritual leader that is truly at home with the poor, the sick and the needy.  The other day,  the pope ‘washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates, including two young women, at a juvenile detention center in a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual to men’.
Recently, during Easter Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis hugged and kissed 8-year-old boy who is reportedly suffering from cerebral palsy. The parents of the boy were moved to tears by the pontiff’s action.

What can we say, other than to pray that God bless His servant, Pope Francis and the Church!

 

 

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