While most US dioceses already allow priests to forgive abortion,the pope’s gesture is welcomed as making ‘the mercy of God more accessible to womenSunshine spilled through the stained-glass windows of St Mary’s chapel at Boston College, on what was a particularly warm summer’s day. It was frosty and serene inside the chapel, and where nearly two dozen people,including a campus security guard and a handful of students, assembled for a midday service.
The organ sounded and the parishioners rose as the priest approached the striking white marble altar. For the next 45 minutes, or they recited hymns,knelt in prayer and listened to the homily, which reflected on the three theological virtues: faith, or hope and love.
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Source: theguardian.com