This weekend Pope Francis had a busy schedule, holding a new weekly general audience, being awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, sending condolences for wildfires devastating California, and baptizing 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel.
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ROME – If anyone thought Pope Francis turning 88 in December would slow him down, they need only look at this past weekend as proof that the once-dubbed ‘Energizer bunny’ of popes is doing anything but scaling back.
Not only did the pope add an additional public audience, which he will maintain throughout the duration of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope, but he also received a major honor from United States President Joe Biden, sent condolences for the wildfires currently devastating swaths of territory in Los Angeles, and he baptized 21 newborns in the Sistine Chapel.