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Pope asks for short homilies "born from the heart".

Rome Reports-January 26, 2023-Reading time: < 1 minutes
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Pope Francis has once again called on priests to prepare their priests for the homilies so that they are not philosophy classes and are brief.

In this regard, he recalled the advice of a homiletics professor: "An idea, an image and an affection. Let people keep an idea, an image and something that has moved their hearts".

The Pope made this reflection during a meeting with participants in a course on liturgy.


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