Reverend: Pope Francis represented compassion

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Reverend Robert Gahl says Pope Francis stood for mercy and compassion, reaching out to the poor and marginalized throughout his papacy. #PopeFrancis #Vatican

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00:00The Basilica stayed open, as I said, almost all night to allow the tens of thousands of people

00:06to pay their respects to Pope Francis. Why have we seen such an outpouring of love and so many

00:13people joining the queue? Well, it's really beautiful. Pope Francis, from the beginning of

00:18his papacy 12 years ago, really established himself as a Pope of mercy, of compassion,

00:23who reaches out to the marginalized and to the poor. He's also promoted peace and he promoted

00:29dialogue among all believers in God, including the Islamic world. And the Christians all

00:35around the world see him as representing the fatherhood of God and therefore a principle

00:40of unity. And this is the Jubilee of year of hope that Pope Francis promulgated, which means

00:47that Christians were already going to Rome in order to receive special blessings as they

00:52renew their hope in Jesus.

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