Prez attends funeral mass of Pope Francis
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday attended the funeral mass of His Holiness Pope Francis at Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday attended the funeral mass of His Holiness Pope Francis at Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
The Prime Minister said this in response to a post by President's Secretariat post on X informing that President Droupadi Murmu paid homage to His Holiness Pope Francis at Basilica of Saint Peter in Vatican City.
President Droupadi Murmu, who was in the Vatican City to attend the state funeral of Pope Francis, on Friday, paid homage to the late pontiff.
President Droupadi Murmu, on Friday, departed for the Vatican City to attend the state funeral of Pope Francis along with the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju.
The death of Pope Francis this week marks the end of a historic papacy and the beginning of a significant transition for the Catholic Church. As the faithful around the world mourn his passing, attention now turns to the next phase: the election of a new pope.
By choosing Iraq as his first port of call since the pandemic began, Pope Francis waded directly into the issues of war and peace, and poverty and religious strife, in an ancient biblical land. “This trip is emblematic,” he said, calling it “a duty to a land martyred for many years.”
Whether a woman should live sexually exploited against her will lifelong, is not a religious issue. It is a serious human rights and civilizational issue. No religious law should stand that runs counter to the fundamental principles and ideals in the Constitution of India.
People needed to open their minds and hearts to learn the central lesson from this crisis: "We are one humanity," Pope added.
Organised religion is indeed retreating from public into private space. Spirituality and toxicity are the two sides of the coin named religion. While in the public space, in the name of spirituality, it often spreads toxicity and hatred against other faiths, in the private space, especially in uneasy times like this, it plays a benign role by bringing peace and solace to stressed individuals and families.
"The spread of the virus around the world is creating many uncertainties for the resumption of work in China.
