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Pope’s spiritual exercises: caring for the heart to recognize God’s presence


The first meditation of Benedictine Abbot Bernardo Francesco Maria Gianni to Pope Francis and his 65 collaborators who are having their annual spiritual exercises, was on the need to look at the world with the eyes of Christ.

By Robin Gomes

Pope Francis and 65 of his collaborators from the Roman Curia began their annual spiritual exercises Sunday evening at the Casa Divin Maestro in the town of Arricia, just outside Rome. 

Benedictine Abbot Bernardo Francesco Maria Gianni, head of the Olivetan Abbey of San Miniato al Monte, is preaching the March 10-15 Lenten spiritual retreat on the theme “The City of Ardent Desires: For Paschal Looks and Gestures in the Life of the World”. 

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