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Thank you, Pope Francis:

“I see clearly,” the pope continues, “that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity. I see the church as a field hospital after battle.”

www.americamagazine.org/faith/2013/0...
A Big Heart Open to God: An interview with Pope Francis
“It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.”
www.americamagazine.org
April 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM