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Aleteia - published on 08/08/16

Says "the Lord never tires of forgiving" during visit to Porziuncola

Last week, Pope Francis made a trip to Assisi to visit the Porziuncola inside the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels — considered the most sacred place of Franciscan spirituality, as Joan Lewis writes (Cf. http://aleteia.org/2016/07/05/pope-francis-to-visit-the-most-sacred-place-of-franciscan-spirituality/). In his brief remarks, he spoke of mercy, and recalled the father of the Prodigal Son.

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