“Restrictions and inconveniences await us this year,’’ Francis said during his weekly audience, recalling the biblical hardships faced by St. Joseph and the Virgin Mary when Jesus was born.
Browsing: St. Peter’s Basilica
Pope Francis on Sunday began Easter week celebrations in St Peter’s Basilica under extraordinary circumstances, with no congregation allowed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pope Francis was set on Tuesday to celebrate Christmas eve mass in St Peter’s basilica, one of the most important ceremonies in the Catholic Church liturgy.
Given the opportunity to do the same in Myanmar, where the military has launched what the UN says is a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya Muslim minority, Francis opted instead for diplomatic expediency
At his last public event of 2016, an evening vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica, the 80-year-old Francis said doors had to be opened for young people “so that they can be capable of dreaming and fighting for their dreams”