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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Pope Francis


Dressed in simple white vestments, the 76-year-old pontiff delighted pilgrims by zipping through St. Peter's Square in an open-backed jeep for about half an hour before the ceremonial events began, waving and kissing babies handed up to him. At one point, he dismounted and went over to lay hands on a disabled man while Swiss Guards tried to keep the crowd behind barriers.
For posterity and so that I can come back here and read what he said on the day of his installation as Pope, these are his words said that day:
"Let us be protectors of creation, protectors of God's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment," the pope said. "Let us not allow omens of destruction and death to accompany the advance of this world!"
He called on government leaders, and himself, to "protect all of God's people and embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important."
"To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love, is to open up a horizon of hope," he said, with majestic St. Peter's Basilica behind him. "It is to let a shaft of light break through the heavy clouds."
"Let us never forget that authentic power is service and that the pope, too, when exercising power, must enter ever more fully into that service which has its radiant culmination on the cross," Francis said. "He must be inspired by the lowly, concrete and faithful service which marked St. Joseph."
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/19/5276497/pope-francis-focuses-on-poor-and.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy

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