On Holy Thursday, healthy-looking pope urges priests to shun disunity


Pope Francis attends the Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, appearing fully recovered from a bout with bronchitis, on Thursday began an intense four days leading to Easter urging priests to avoid fomenting division in the Church and seek harmony if they wanted to win back lapsed faithful.

"Sometimes we priests can be rude," he said in the homily of a Holy Thursday morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on the day the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the birth of the priesthood.

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