CNA Newsroom, 03 May, 2025 / 9:50 pm (ACI Africa).
At the eighth Novendiales Mass on Saturday, Pope Francis was hailed as a "humble and compassionate pastor," one who maintained "unwavering confidence in the vocation of women religious."
Sister Mary Barron, the president of the International Union of Superiors General, said at the Mass that the late pope "invited us out into the world and among all of God's creation to heal and accompany those most in need."
The pope "reminded us again and again of the importance of embracing our frailty not as a limitation but as a source of grace," she said.
Pope Francis appointed Barron—the superior general of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles—to the Dicastery for Evangelization last year. She said on Saturday that the pope "urged us women religious to lower ourselves in service as Christ lowered himself to wash the feet of his disciples."
