Pope Francis has confided that his work is not easy in a letter to the country’s president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (full text of letter, video).
Bishops should not cluster parishes as if they are “downsizing a corporation”, Fr Helmut Schüller, head of the Austrian Priests’ Initiative, has said during a visit to Boston.
And sand sculptures featuring female curves on Copacabana Beach are being covered up out of respect for the papal visitor next week (video of papal sand sculptures).
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