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Friday, Jul. 05, 2013
Bishop Wester blogs about Pope Francis' first encyclical + Enlarge
By The Most Rev. John C. Wester
Bishop of Salt Lake City

One of the numerous surprising moments of Pope Francis' young pontificate was the announcement that on Holy Thursday, March 28, he would celebrate the Mass of the Lord's Supper at Rome's Casa Del Marmo Youth Detention Centre. There, in an unforgettable moment, he washed the feet of 12 young inmates. In anticipation of the pope's visit, one of them said, "At last I shall get to meet someone who says he is my father!"

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