The ceremony was the first of its kind in the Vatican since Pope John Paul II presided over a wedding in 2000
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Pope Francis marries 20 couples, some of whom have already lived together, in latest sign Argentine pontiff wants Catholic church to be more inclusive…
Pope Francis married 20 couples on Sunday, some of whom had already lived together and had children, in the latest sign that the Argentine pontiff wants the Catholic church to be more inclusive.
In the first wedding he has performed in his 18-month-old papacy, the Pope took each couple through their vows in turn – including Gabriella and Guido, who already had children and thought such a marriage would be impossible, official broadcasting service Radio Vaticana said.
“The people getting married on Sunday are couples like many others,” the diocese of Rome said in a statement. “Some already live together, some already have children.”
The Pope said marriage was “real life, not some TV show” and told the couples the love of Jesus can help whenever their love “becomes lost, wounded or worn out.”
The ceremony was the first of its kind in the Vatican since Pope John Paul II presided over a wedding in 2000, when he was the leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics.
The Vatican views sex outside marriage as sin, but Pope Francis stresses the church should be a forgiving one.
Bishops from all over the world are due to come to the Vatican in October for a major meeting on the family, which the Jesuit pope referred to in the homily to Sunday’s Mass as the “bricks” on which society is built.
The pope has said the Church must end its obsession with teachings on abortion, contraception and homosexuality, and become more merciful, or risk collapsing “like a house of cards”.
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