Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the Pontifical Household, held the first meditation as outlined by the Apostolic Constitution, Lombardi said.

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Raniero Cantalamessa, who holds the post of preacher to the papal household, delivered a Good Friday sermon in which he celebrated the holiness of Jesus and the Christian faith.

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During Friday's liturgy, the papal preacher, Capuchin friar Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, delivered a homily citing Franz Kafka's An Imperial Message to emphasise the of difficulty of getting the important message of Christ to the worldly.

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