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Pope sees MLK’s plea to love, nonviolence as remedy to modern turmoil
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is pictured in an undated file photo. (Credit: CNS file photo.)
Amid a modern social and political climate laced with historic levels of vitriol and division, legendary civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. offers a message that also hits close to home for Pope Francis.
ROME – As Americans mark what would have been the 92nd birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. amid a social and political climate laced with historic levels of vitriol and division, the late civil rights legend offers a message that also hits close to home for Pope Francis.
Former Vatican security chief praises pope’s financial reforms
Jan 7, 2021 senior correspondent
Pope Francis reaches out to grab a baseball thrown by someone in the crowd as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter s Square at the Vatican Sept. 24. The pope gave a sign it was okay for the ball to be thrown, then leapt and almost caught a slightly high throw. The ball was picked up by Domenico Giani, the pope s lead bodyguard, center. The pope signed the ball, which according to a YouTube video was thrown by a member of the Koeppel family from St. Edward s Church in Palm Beach, Fla., in the hope of raising money for their parish. (Credit: CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA.)