In his return to public view after a brief hospitalisation for bronchitis, the 86-year-old pontiff encourages hope in the face of ongoing conflict.
abc.net.au/news/pope-francis-encourages-hope-amid-global-turmoil/102203430Pope Francis returned to public view to preside over the Easter vigil Mass in St Peter's Basilica, a day after unseasonably chilly weather in Rome convinced the recently ailing pontiff to skip Good Friday's night-time procession to the Colosseum.
Having recently been in hospital for three days, the 86-year-old pope is recuperating from bronchitisTens of thousands of faithful are expected to join the pope in St Peter's Square for Easter Mass and to listen to his speech about conflicts in the world at the end of Holy Week. In his homily, read before about 8,000 people in Christendom's largest church, Pope Francis spoke of the bitterness, dismay and disillusionment many feel today.
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