Pope, looking healthy, begins busy 4 days leading to Easter

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Pope Francis urges priests to be compassionate, admit when they have 'strayed from the path of holiness' and avoid duplicity, dishonesty, and hypocrisy

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.REUTERS/Guglielmo MangiapanePope Francis urges priests to be compassionate, admit when they have 'strayed from the path of holiness' and avoid duplicity, dishonesty, and hypocrisy

Francis, who recently curtailed his speaking engagements because of fatigue related to bouts of bronchitis and influenza, read a long homily during a Holy Thursday “Mass of the Chrism” in St. Peter’s Basilica. During the service, the 87-year-old renewed his vows along with thousands of priests in the basilica and blessed oils that will be used in Church sacraments.Pope Francis reflects on his life and mortality in memoir

Francis is the first pope to hold the foot-washing ceremony outside churches, usually in prisons, homes for the elderly or hospices, continuing a practice he began when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires.

 

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