Saturday 16 March 2013

INQUIRER.net: Pope begins to outline vision for Catholic Church

INQUIRER.net
Philippine News for Filipinos
Pope begins to outline vision for Catholic Church
Mar 17th 2013, 02:36

VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis begins his papacy in earnest on Sunday ahead of his formal inauguration mass, with a weekly prayer address used by previous pontiffs to comment on international affairs.   The pope's first Angelus prayer, delivered from a window high above St Peter's Square, is a chance for the first Latin American pontiff to begin to sketch out a more global vision for the role of the Roman Catholic Church.   City authorities are expecting around 200,000 people to turn out. The 76-year-old pope has already been winning hearts with an informal style markedly different from that of his more austere predecessor Benedict XVI.   A million people...

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