As Pope Francis celebrates his 87th birthday this Sunday, December 17, 2023, we look back at 12 joys and sorrows he has experienced over the past year.
A Remembrance Day service will be held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the Testaccio quarter of Rome on Friday 10 November at 10.45.
ROME (CNS) As the sun broke through the morning sky after a torrential downpour in Rome, Pope Francis was wheeled past dozens of gravestones that marked the final resting place of members of the military forces who died during and immediately after World War II. He carried a bouquet of large white roses and had an aide place it at the grave of Guardsman William Perkins, a member of the Welsh Guards who died at the age of 28 in 1944. The pope then continued along the green lawn, hands clasped briefly in prayer.
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