"During Mass for the Solemnity of All Souls at Rome’s Verano cemetery, Pope Francis exhorted believers to follow the way of the beatitudes, calling it the path that will lead to sanctity.
In his homily, he spoke off the cuff about today’s first reading from the book of the Apocalypse focusing on three images:
While at the cemetery, the Holy Father also blessed tombs and exposed relics of Saints John XXIII and John Paul II.
“In visiting Rome’s main cemetery, I am united in spirit with those who in these days visit the graves of their dead in cemeteries around the world,” the Pope said following his recitation of the Angelus earlier that morning in St. Peter’s Square.
The different sections of the cemetery include a Jewish cemetery, a Catholic cemetery, and a monument to victims of the First World War, the centenary of which is celebrated this year.
Campo Verano takes its name from a prestigious family, the “Verini,” who had lived there at the time of the Roman Republic, Vatican Radio reports." CNA
1) Francis is NOT the "Holy Father"....the Holy Father is God
....your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
2) Relics of the "saints"?
Thou shalt not make thee any graven image,.....Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them,
Deuteronomy 5:8,9
In his homily, he spoke off the cuff about today’s first reading from the book of the Apocalypse focusing on three images:
a warning about earth’s destruction,
the multitude who appears before God
and God himself.
Speaking about the second image offered in the reading – the innumerable crowd standing before God – the Holy Father drew attention to the unknown saints.
While at the cemetery, the Holy Father also blessed tombs and exposed relics of Saints John XXIII and John Paul II.
“In visiting Rome’s main cemetery, I am united in spirit with those who in these days visit the graves of their dead in cemeteries around the world,” the Pope said following his recitation of the Angelus earlier that morning in St. Peter’s Square.
The different sections of the cemetery include a Jewish cemetery, a Catholic cemetery, and a monument to victims of the First World War, the centenary of which is celebrated this year.
Campo Verano takes its name from a prestigious family, the “Verini,” who had lived there at the time of the Roman Republic, Vatican Radio reports." CNA
1) Francis is NOT the "Holy Father"....the Holy Father is God
....your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
2) Relics of the "saints"?
Thou shalt not make thee any graven image,.....Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them,
Deuteronomy 5:8,9