Pope Francis joined thousands of Charismatic Catholics, Pentecostals, and evangelicals at a rally Saturday aimed at showing Christians united in prayer. Francis actually joined in the singing — a rarity for a pope who professes to be tone deaf. More than his predecessors, Francis has embraced the charismatic wing of the Catholic Church, even though as a young Jesuit he dismissed charismatics as a “samba school.”
Pope “sings” at charismatic rally
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