Church must be open to sick, homeless, pope says on Holy Thursday<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-must-open-sick-homeless-pope-says-holy-110043233.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ciMKnOehJxkXQTzxjxTXzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-17T170204Z_2_CBREA3G0ULE00_RTROPTP_2_POPE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis blows on blessed Chrism oil as he celebrates the Chrism Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican" align="left" title="Pope Francis blows on blessed Chrism oil as he celebrates the Chrism Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican" border="0" /></a>By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, starting four packed days culminating in Easter, said the Catholic Church must always be a refuge for the needy and later washed the feet of 12 disabled people at a traditional Holy Thursday ceremony. In the morning, Francis, who regularly urges priests to shun material comforts or the desire to climb clerical career ladders, led the first of two solemn services on the day that Christians commemorate the founding of the priesthood by Jesus. In the grandeur of St. Peter's Basilica, he celebrated a "Mass of the Chrism" during which he and priests renewed the vows they took on the day of their ordination and he blessed oils to be used in administering sacraments during the year.</p><br clear="all"/>
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