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Pope presides at annual Mass for deceased prelates
November 03, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV presided on November 3 at the Vatican’s annual Mass for the souls of prelates who died during the last calendar year, including Pope Francis.
In his homily the Pope said that death is evil that is overcome only through Jesus Christ. He said:
Christ had to endure these sufferings in order to enter into his glory (cf. Lk 24:26) and to give us eternal life. He alone can can bear upon himself and within himself this corrupt death without being corrupted by it. He alone has the words of eternal life .The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
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