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VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis invited Italy s bishops to live the beatitudes of a bishop, an adaptation of the traditional Eight Beatitudes to provide guiding principles for being a good shepherd of a diocese.
Christian joy is neither a passing emotion nor an optimistic worldview but a sign of holiness that bears witness to God s love even in the direst circumstances, Pope Francis said on the feast of All Saints.