
Pope Francis and the ‘Increasing Burden of Age’
ANALYSIS: The Holy Father will turn 88 next week.
ANALYSIS: The Holy Father will turn 88 next week.
COMMENTARY: It may come to us through pain, joy and longing. All three give us reason to say, ‘Come, Lord Jesus.’
“Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty, if we are strong, and most of them are sorrow and toil; they pass quickly and we drift away” (Psalm 90)
The day began with Mass offered for the repose of the souls of the 92 Lombardy priests who died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Church journeys with the aged as they move into their later years.
The ensemble was welcomed by Pope Francis at the Vatican and performed two concerts.
The Pope’s words came in an audience with members of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
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