“How beautiful is a church with a happy, serene and smiling face, that never closes doors, never hardens hearts, never complains or harbors resentments, isn’t angry, does not look dour or suffer nostalgia for the past,″ the pontiff said.
Francis then encouraged people to pray to the newly beatified churchman to “obtain for us the smile of the soul.”
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