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EMEMBER THAT OLD SAYING, born of frustration: “If it’s not one thing, it’s another!”
A friend’s kids turned that into a way to tease her: “If it’s not one thing,” they’d chuckle, “it’s your mother.”
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by James and John’s mother illustrates how little anyone Imaginingunderstood.yourselfinside a reading is a way to enter prayer. So, putting myself in the scene, I noticed this woman, like many in Scripture and history, remaining name less and identified only as the mother or the wife of a man.
Jesus had just finished telling his disciples that they were heading to Jerusa lem where he would suffer greatly and be crucified. But somehow, Jesus’ friends failed to grasp this unfolding drama. The request
I remembered that when, in a Lenten day reading (Mt 20:20-28), the woman identified as “the mother of the sons of Zebedee” implores Jesus to let her boys, James and John, sit at his right and left hand when he comes into his kingdom.
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The other apostles are angry at her effrontery, while the sons seem to be there, possibly egging her on. When Jesus asks if the two men can drink the cup he will drink, they enthusiastically say yes. Again, still
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ROM THE PROCLAMATION OF the Gospel at the beginning of the liturgy, we know that today is different, not only because we hear two Gospel passages, or because we hold palms and move in procession. Today begins Holy Week, a time set apart, a week in which to listen, pray, reflect, and take to heart the truth of Christ’s passion, crucifixion, death, and ultimate ly, resurrection. It takes a week, and a lifetime, to truly hear the message of Christ’s love. It is difficult for us to comprehend that Jesus willingly sacrificed himself, so we must hear the story again and again. Let this week be for us a new moment of faith in which we, together with the criminal who was crucified with Christ, cry out, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
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HIS FOUNDRESS, BORN TO A NOBLE FAMILY in Verona, Italy, lost her father at age 5 and was abandoned by her mother when she remarried. Choosing religious life over an advantageous marriage, Magdalen first joined the Carmelites, but left when she saw that their strict rules of enclosure would prohibit her charitable works. She began a new community, the Canossian Daughters of Charity, in 1799 by bringing two poor girls into her own home. The institute spread throughout Italy, and Magdalen helped found an order of priests and a third order for lay people. Canossians minister today in Italy, Latin America and the Philippines. Magdalen, who was canonized in 1988, famously said, “Those who love are never tired, since love knows no burden.” C
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PALM SUNDAY MARKS THE START OF HOLY WEEK, WHICH CULMINATES IN EASTER SUNDAY. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE GEORGES / DIOCESE OF ORANGE
THE VERY REV. CHRISTOPHER SMITH, FORMER RECTOR OF CHRIST CATHEDRAL, PERFORMS THE MASS AT PALM SUNDAY IN MARCH 2021. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE GEORGES / DIOCESE OF ORANGE and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, to that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
Easter Week is an opportunity not only to remember the events from Palm Sunday, Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem to the gift of his very self at the last supper, his passion, and finally his resurrection. For those who participate in the Triduum it can be a time of profound spiritualAccordingenrichment.totheUS Catholic Con ference of Bishops, “The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduum— from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Though chronologically three days, they are litur gically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ’s Paschal Mystery.”
The first celebration is the Chrism Mass, either celebrated Holy Thursday morning or as is done in the Diocese of Orange, on the Monday of Holy Week. All of the Diocese priests attend to renew their priestly commitment. In addition, the bishop blesses the holy oils that will be used throughout the year – The Oil of the Sick, the Oil of the Catechumens, and the Holy AccordingChrism.toMsgr. John Urell, pastor of St. Timothy Parish in Laguna Niguel, “The evening Mass of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday marks the end of Lent when Catholics spend 40 days preparing themselves for the most important time of the liturgical year. Catholics memorial ize Christ’s passion, death, and resurrec tion, which the Triduum is all about.”
VERY YEAR THE CATHOLIC revisits the most significant week in human history – where divine love and divine power came face to face with human frailty and weakness. The result is salvation.
Likewise, after the homily, the priest has the option to wash the feet of mem bers of the congregation.
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The Gospel reading from John 13: 1-15 recounts Jesus’ washing of the apostles’
“We venerate the cross to remember Jesus’ sacrifice and because his death was necessary to get to the resurrection. We also read the passion narrative, said Msgr. Urell. “At the end of the Good Friday service, the congregation leaves in silence.”TheHoly Saturday Easter Vigil begins outside after sunset. Rich in symbolism,
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Good Friday is the only day of the year Mass is not celebrated. Extra hosts are consecrated at the Holy Thursday Mass to be used to celebrate the Lord’s Passion and veneration of the Cross on Good Friday. Keeping Christ’s passion and death on the cross in mind, there is no consecration or Mass on Good Friday, but the Eucharist which was consecrated the previous day is distributed.
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feet before the last supper. “Do you real ize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master
Be patient though, it is also a hectic time for the clergy and staff at the parish. Msgr. Urell quipped – “People often ask me what I’m going to do after all the Easter festivities are over. I tell them that I’m going to crawl back home and take a long nap!” Until he rises again. C
Still, the solemnity of Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the days leading up to the glory of Easter provide important lessons for Catholic families. Catholic schoolchildren have an advantage, of course, because they learn about Holy Week and Lent in their classrooms. But parents can use a number of books, lesson plans and other resources – many of them available online for little to no cost – to help children of all ages understand Holy Week.Ithelps if parents and their children began Lent with confessions and participation in Ash Wednesday ceremonies, so that lessons of the 40-day period have a clear beginning.
including services only offered on those days – the year’s longest service and dis tribution of palms on Palm Sunday; the Chrism Mass is traditionally celebrated on Holy Thursday morning but will be celebrated in the Diocese of Orange on April 11 (Holy Monday); the celebration of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday. Attending these offers opportu nities for parents to teach children about Lent and Holy Week, and also the chance to model prayerful wor ship in church. I remember many Lenten services when I challengedwasto keep my three children attentive and quiet.
There are other ways parents can make the lessons of Holy Week come alive. Family prayers can focus on readings from the Gospel about Jesus’s passion. Quiet time and medi tation can include drawings of Lenten stories.Activities available at cathfamily. org bring meaning to the triumphant procession of Jesus on Palm Sunday, the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday, and the Last Supper on Good Friday.
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n Holy Thursday: Using Scripture as a guide, reverently wash each other’s feet. Make unleavened bread using an easy-to-follow recipe included on the site.
green wreaths from little handprints. Both are symbols of the community’s welcome to Jesus on Palm Sunday.
HILE EASTER —with its egg hunts and can dy-filled baskets – is a logical representation of Christ’s Resurrection, the solemn mean ing of Holy Week can be more difficult for children to grasp.
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When I was in Catholic school, we attended Stations of the Cross each Fri day. Today’s families can virtually attend the service through various phone and computer apps. The repetition of prayers and chanting, as well as the bite-sized stories at each of the 14 stations, provide a Lenten road map.
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The Maria Ferrucci Catholic Family Living feature is intended to inspire families to live their faith in the way Maria Ferrucci did throughout her earthly life.
the darkness symbolizes Jesus’ time in the tomb. The Celebrant lights a flame which is passed candle to candle through the congregation. Candles in hand, the congregation process into the darkened church. “All this symbol izes Christ passing from death into life through the resurrection,” said Msgr. Urell. “This is also the first Mass of Easter, similar to a Saturday evening Mass; there is no need to go to Easter Sunday Mass if one has attended the vigil.”The highlight of the Easter Vigil is the welcoming of new members into the Catholic Church. The Elect, those who have never been baptized, receive the sacrament of Baptism that evening. The Candidates or Catechu mens, those who were baptized in a Christian denomination but have not received the other sacraments of initiation are confirmed along with the Elect. The Mass continues, and both the Elect and Candidates receive their First Holy Communion with the congregation.EasterSunday is a joyous celebra tion. A highlight of the Easter Mass comes after the homily, where the entire congregation renews their bap tismal promise and is sprinkled with holy water. Much like the diocesan priests did during the Chrism Mass, the community is called to remember its promise to reject Satan and all his works and their commitment as followers of Christ.
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Each day during Holy Week offers worship opportunities for families,
n Palm Sunday: Making palm wreaths or crosses, or if palms aren’t available, using fingerpaints to make
n Good Friday: Create a cross from sticks and twine or nails and wire and reflect on how each person carries a cross that is unique. Ask each person to think about their sin and nail it to a simple wooden cross.
Taking the time to participate in the Triduum, or even one of the ser vices, allows us to focus more deeply on our faith and the profound love and grace that God gives his people.
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n Holy Saturday: As the world waits in darkness, eat the family dinner by candlelight and drape the family cruci fixes with sashes.
Of course, the best time of Holy Week is the celebration of Easter Sun day.When I was growing up, that was the day we dressed in our finest clothes and had someone take our annual family picture. We attended morning Mass and I was allowed to eat candy from my Easter basket in the morning. Often our extended family joined us for an afternoon
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The forum, which was organized in part by the Orange County Sheriff’s De partment’s Interfaith Advisory Council, featured leaders from varied factions of the community, each speaking on the impacts of mental illness in their area of focus.Organizers also included Fr. Ed Becker, Episcopal vicar for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, and Anthony Vultaggio, a member of the Diocese’s Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Commission.Theforum took place March 9 in the Arboretum with several hundred in attendance.Virtually every speaker stressed the need for collaboration amongst all sectors to treat what is often a misunderstood and multifaceted issue.
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“No matter what sector you are a part of, whether it is law enforcement, the faith community, academia, hospital systems and private businesses, when you talk to leadership about what challenges you face today, every single time, men
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Along with Moncrief, featured speakers for the March 9 event included Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes and Kay Warren, mental health advocate in the faith community and wife of Saddle back Church Pastor Rick Warren and Social Worker Veronica Kelley, head of mental health and recovery services for the Orange County Healthcare Agency.
“All of these sectors are dealing with growing demand for mental health and addictions and related challenges but all of them are doing it through the silo of their own sector,” said Marriage and Family Counselor Marshall Moncrief of Be Well Orange County.
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The agency serves close to 45,000 individuals with serious mental issues such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia
Forum held recently at Christ Cathedral centered around the role of the faith community in the area of mental health.
tal health and substance abuse will be among the top three,” Moncrief said.
BISHOP VANN IS PICTURED WITH FELLOW SPEAKERS AT THE FAITH AND MENTAL HEALTH FORUM HELD ON MARCH 9 AT CHRIST CATHEDRAL’S ARBORETUM.
The mission of Be Well OC is to employ a community-based, cross-sector strategy including all sectors to create a community-wide, coordinated ecosystem to support optimal mental health, he said.Individuals with untreated mental health issues often wind up having an in
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The nonprofit brings together a cross-section of public, private, academic, faith and other entities to create a com munity-wide, coordinated ecosystem to support mental health.
“The Orange County Healthcare Agency sees mental health as an essential component of health,” Kelley said. “That includes recovery from addiction. It also includes our spiritual health, understand ing who we are and what our purpose is and what our great goal, our greater aspects are in life.”
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and severe depression and another 7,800 struggling with addiction.
“As far as I know, every faith group from every point of view, from every practice of faith, must have at their core, this unshakable conviction that if we were made in the image of God, then there is this stamp of the Divine in each of us,” Warren said. “And because
Several organizations set up re source tables at the event, including the Diocese’s Office for Family Life, which provided information mental health ministry programs within the diocese.
“The first face someone sees in a mental health crisis shouldn’t be some body with a badge and a gun,” the sheriff said. “It’s my life’s mission to break that cycle. I believe we can do this success fully as a partnership with collabora tion.”Warren spoke candidly about her own bouts with low level depression and mental health issues in her own family.
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ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF DON BARNES ADDRESSES ATTENDEES AT THE FAITH AND MENTAL HEALTH FORUM HELD ON MARCH 9 AT CHRIST CATHEDRAL’S ARBORETUM. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE GEORGES / DIOCESE OF ORANGE
of that, because we bear the image of God, every life is valuable. Every life is important. Every life is worthy of being caredWithfor.”a
Other providers included addiction treatment centers, the Catholic Chari ties of Orange County and Olive Crest, which serves families impacted by child abuse which OC Healthcare Agency.
the topic of the faith community’s contribution to mental wellbeing, Warren’s message was clear.
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“This is a perfect example,” Moncrief said of the forum. “When we get law enforcement in a room, the faith com munity in a room, clinical providers in a room and community, (we) start coming together to start drawing alliances really intentionally.” C
population of 2.5 billion who say that they belong to a Christian faith, Warren said, the religious institution is bigger than any nation and bigger than any“So,organization.weneedthe faith community to rally the community,” she said. “You are the trusted provider. You are the trusted voice that gets people to show up.”
teraction with law enforcement, Barnes said.The jail system overseen by the Sheriff’s Department provides above-av erage treatment and resources to men and women in custody, but more needs to be done to treat mentally ill individ uals before they make contact with law enforcement, Barnes said.
Warren also cited a Baylor University study showing 25 percent of individuals experiencing a mental health crisis will reach out to leaders in their faith com munity, before going to a mental health professional.“Andthere is enormous untapped talent, energy and brains, that if prop
erly motivated, could make a gigantic dent in what we are talking about today, which is a mental health crisis, which millions of people are living with.”
Based on the spiritual principles uni versal to Christianity and most religions, not only does the faith community need to involve itself in mental health related issues, but faith leaders also have an ab solute obligation to minister to mentally ill individuals within their congrega tions, Warren said.
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Bishop Kevin W. Vann presided over a special prayer service on March 25 in Christ Cathedral’s Arboretum for the consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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The Christ Cathedral campus will be hosting the closing festivities for 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines on April 23. The day features a 10 a.m. procession around the plaza, followed by an 11 a.m. Thanksgiving Mass with Bish
The Diocese of Orange’s service, which was livestreamed, came in re sponse to the Holy See’s worldwide call for an end to the war in Ukraine. The
BISHOP KEVIN W. VANN PRESIDES OVER A SPECIAL PRAYER SERVICE ON MARCH 25 IN CHRIST CATHEDRAL’S ARBORETUM. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE GEORGES/DIOCESE OF ORANGE
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“We pray to God for an end to violence and human suffering, and to the interces sion of our Heavenly Mother that peace be re-established,” Bishop Vann prayed.
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service occurred around the same time as Pope Francis’ in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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In the April 3 edition of the OC Catholic, “Youth Leadership in Catholic Schools: Spotlight on St. Cecelia School,” St. Cecilia was spelled incorrectly. We regret the error.
BISHOP KEVIN W. VANN BLESSES THE NEW SMARTLAB AT ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN PLACENTIA ON MARCH 27. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE GEORGES/DIOCESE OF ORANGE
St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Dana Point has completed its new narthex, the groundbreaking of which began in 2021 but was ac tually planned as early as 1995. The 1,800-square-foot narthex, which is the transitional space from outside the church sanctuary, features 22 stained glass panels of the dalle de verre style.
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op Kevin W. Vann. A lunch and cultural fare will be held from 12:15-2 p.m. The event is hosted by the San Jose Filipino Ministry, a part of Ethnic Ministries of the Diocese of Orange.
Bishop Kevin W. Vann visited St. Joseph Catholic School in Placentia on March 27 to celebrate Mass and bless the campus’ new SmartLab, a facility that promotes STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathemat ics). The lab includes computer stations, a 3D printer and Ozobots, which the children can code.
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The designer was Kaj Garmshausen. He took inspiration from an earlier ver sion by Joseph “Jos” Maes, who did St. Edward’s original stained glass. Maes’ son, Dirk, was also involved in the proj ect, assembling the glass into the design that Garmshausen made.
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soccer goal or bragged about a good report card. Perhaps I became defensive when a teacher reported bad behavior.
Mark’s Gospel (10:35) has the sons make their own request for glory. No other Gospel tells the story at all. Why not? Maybe the writers felt the incident reflected poorly on two men who would later become leaders and die willingly for AnotherJesus. take: In Matthew’s Gos pel, (27:56), the unnamed “mother of the sons of Zebedee” is present at the crucifixion, listed last among the women present. But in Mark’s list of women at
have ruminated on this story as well. Scriptural study is an inexact sci ence, but here’s something interesting. Matthew’s rendition is the only one that has Mrs. Zebedee making the request. Why? Maybe the writer felt that using her protected the two apostles from looking so grasping. After all, if it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.
It’s a mom thing, and sometimes, like Mrs. Zebedee, we get carried away. And more importantly, we don’t always “getScholarsit.”
Salome.Arethey speaking of the same wom an? Has the mother of Zebedee’s sons finally been named? Scholars believe this to be the case. Salome also brings spices to anoint the body of Jesus.
Salome followed Jesus as the truth unfolded at the foot of a cross and right up to an empty tomb.
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Here’s a Lenten exercise. Read the passages about the women cited above and decide for yourself if Mrs. Zebedee emerges as the faithful Salome.
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the foot of the cross, (Mk 15:40), a name is given to the last woman on the list:
During Lent, we’re all called to be Salome. We don’t always get it and we make mistakes. But the important thing is that we follow Jesus on the jour ney and always remain open to conver sion. C
No matter her name, the readings cast the mother of Zebedee’s sons in a different light. Like me, she struggles to “get it.” But she hung in there all the way to Jerusalem, and like me, she’s learning as she goes. It seems she raised two sons well, sons who would ultimately drink that very real cup.
CHRIST MEETING THE WIFE AND THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE, (CIRCA 1565) BY PAOLO VERONESE. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA
“The crisis of faith, apathy in reli gious practice, especially in the after math of the pandemic, and indifference shown by many young people toward the presence of God; these are not is sues that we should ‘sugarcoat,’ thinking that, all things considered, a certain religious spirit still endures,” he said.
“We need a faith built upon and constantly renewed in the personal encounter with Christ, in daily listening to his word, in active participation in the life of the church and in authentic popular piety,” the pope said April 2 at a prayer service outside the Ta’ Pinu National Shrine.
After meeting with diplomats and government and civil leaders in Val letta, the pope traveled by catamaran to the island of Gozo, one of 21 islands that make up the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. Seated on a white chair on the bow of the catama ran, Pope Francis admired the views of Maltese architecture and the pris tine-blue Mediterranean as pilgrims stood along the coast, waving at him.
POPE: CHURCH MUST BE CENTERED ON WITNESS, NOT RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS ALONE
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Recalling her words, the pope said St. John Paul II was among the many pilgrims who have visited the shrine to venerate Mary.
“Yours is a crucial geographical po sition, overlooking the Mediterranean; you are like a magnet and port of salva tion for people buffeted by the tempests of life who, for various reasons, land on your shores. It is Christ himself who appears to you in the faces of these poor men and women,” the pope said. C
Like Mary and John, who chose to stay at the foot of the cross with Jesus rather than remain hidden, Pope Fran cis said Christians cannot accept “each other only in the shelter of our beautiful churches, while outside so many of our brothers and sisters suffer, crucified by pain, poverty and violence.”
Pope Pius XI designated it a minor basilica in 1932.
During the prayer service, several Catholics gave witness to their faith and what the shrine means to them and to the countless pilgrims who visit eachSandiyear.and
Jennifer Cauchi recounted the story of the Marian apparition to Pope Fran cis and said, still today, “Mary contin ues to call and to give hope to pilgrims who come to visit her: young people, the elderly, families, religious men and women.”“Here each one feels welcomed, and all can lay before Mary’s feet their suf ferings and their joys,” Cauchi said.
century, the Ta’ Pinu National Shrine was rebuilt over the site two centuries later to welcome the increasing number of pilgrims who visited after Mary re portedly appeared to a woman in 1883 and asked her to pray at the chapel, which was in disrepair.
The shrine “that once seemed for saken now revitalizes faith and hope within the people of God,” he said.
out and proclaim the Gospel rather than “be a closed circle.”
The church, he continued, should “be centered on witness and not certain religious customs” and should also go
The pope told the pilgrims that the signs of fraternal love, especially toward migrants and refugees, remain a “litmus test for assessing to what extent the church is truly evangelical.”
The pope thanked the couple and their family for their “persevering love” and “witness of faith.”
GOZO, Malta (CNS) —Malta’s great spiritual and pastoral traditions must serve as a road map to the future for the Catholic Church, rather than a relic commemorated with “received tradi tions, solemn celebrations, popular festivals and powerful and emotional moments,” Pope Francis said.
Despite the difficulties, she said, “the greatest sign the Lord gave me was his love and closeness” through her family.
Domenico Apap, along with their daughter Nicole, son-in-law Christian and grandchild Thea, spoke to the pope about how their faith sus tained them after Sandi was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
As the vessel pulled into Mgarr Harbor, he was whisked away in a white Fiat 500 before boarding his popem obile. Arriving at the national shrine, the pope greeted the estimated 3,000 pilgrims gathered outside waving flags bearing the yellow and white papal colors.First built as a chapel in the 16th
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