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More than 1 million join Pope Leo for outdoor mass in Madrid
Pontiff urges followers to dedicate themselves ‘to our brothers and sisters, to the poor, to those who suffer’ More than a million people filled the streets of Madrid to join Pope Leo in an open-air mass where the American pontiff appeared to emphasise the disconnect between Christian values and far-right politics, telling worshippers: “No one can kneel before the Lord and despise their brother.” Queues to access the mass began forming hours before the sun rose on Sunday as people scrambled to secure a spot for what was billed as the biggest gathering of the pope’s week-long visit to Spain. Continue reading...
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Pontiff urges followers to dedicate themselves ‘to our brothers and sisters, to the poor, to those who suffer’ More than a million people filled the streets of Madrid to join Pope Leo in an open-air mass where the American pontiff appeared to emphasise the disconnect between Christian values and far-right politics, telling worshippers: “No one can kneel before the Lord and despise their brother.” Queues to access the mass began forming hours before the sun rose on Sunday as people scrambled to secure a spot for what was billed as the biggest gathering of the pope’s week-long visit to Spain. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s linked item, More than 1 million join Pope Leo for outdoor mass in Madrid, Pontiff urges followers to dedicate themselves ‘to our brothers and sisters, to the poor, to those who suffer’ More than a million people filled the streets of Madrid to join Pope Leo in an open-air mass where the American pontiff appeared to emphasise the disconnect between Christian values and far-right politics, telling worshippers: “No one can kneel before the Lord and despise their brother.” Queues to access the mass began forming hours before the sun rose on Sunday as people scrambled to secure a spot for what was billed as the biggest gathering of the pope’s week-long visit to Spain. Continue reading…
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