Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re delivered the homily to Pope Francis, who he said “touched hearts and sought to reawaken moral and spiritual sensibilities. Francis, he added “established direct contact with individuals and peoples, eager to be close to everyone, with a marked attention to those in difficulty, giving himself without measure, especially to the marginalized, the least among us.”
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