Pope Francis concluded his homily quoting from Newman’s hymn, penned when the theologian fell ill while travelling and was apparently longing for the certainties of home and faith.
“Let us ask to be like that, “kindly lights” amid the encircling gloom,” Pope Francis said .
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“Let us ask to be like that, “kindly lights” amid the encircling gloom,” Pope Francis said .
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/10/13/pope-canonizes-john-henry-newman-unifier-in-a-divided-world/