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Pope: Be merciful, a cross without Christ makes no sense. You have been chosen by the Lord, who has called you one by one. Always remember your own personal stories; and be merciful, like the Good …More
Pope: Be merciful, a cross without Christ makes no sense.

You have been chosen by the Lord, who has called you one by one. Always remember your own personal stories; and be merciful, like the Good Shepherd. That was the exhortation Pope Francis addressed to the eleven new priests ordained in the Vatican Basilica. Delivering the homily prescribed by the Roman Ritual, enriched with his own reflections, Pope Francis asked them to read the Word of the Lord carefully, “in order to believe what you have read, to teach what you learned in faith, to live what you have taught.” “With Baptism you add new faithful to the People of God,” he added, “with the Sacrament of Penance you remit sins in the name of Christ and of the Church. And, please, in the name of the same ...