As a famous 1970s protest song by the Latin American group Los Guaraguao poignantly asks ... to return. Pope Francis’ last public words in his final Urbi et Orbi blessing, read by Archbishop ...

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While he used an aide to deliver longer remarks, Francis said to the crowd in his own weakened voice: "Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter!" "Viva il Papa! [Long live the pope!]," the crowd chanted ...

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“He was also a pope attentive to the signs of the times,” Cardinal Re said, “and what the Holy Spirit was awakening in the church.” Francis had no such prime-time platform for a stump speech.