‘I was an altar boy for the Pope’
Vicar General Father Dean Marin never met Pope Francis but he did meet one of his predecessors when the Polish pontiff came to Adelaide 39 years ago.
Vicar General Father Dean Marin never met Pope Francis but he did meet one of his predecessors when the Polish pontiff came to Adelaide 39 years ago.
“People might not know anything about the Catholic church but they were drawn to Pope Francis”.
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Archbishop Patrick O’Regan's homily at the Memorial Mass for Pope Francis in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral was a moving moment.
Young South Australians fortunate enough to have met Pope Francis are counting their blessings for an encounter they’ll never forget.
In a moving public expression of faith and a historic first in the heart of Adelaide, more than 1500 members of the Syro-Malabar Catholic community took part in a Good Friday Way of the Cross procession on April 18.
The Pope’s funeral will be held at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Saturday at 10am local time (5.30pm ACT) and is expected to last about two and a half hours.
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