ROME
Los Angeles Times
By Henry Chu
March 8, 2013
ROME — Days away from entering the Sistine Chapel to help pick a new pope, Cardinal Roger Mahony on Friday called on Christians to embrace forgiveness and lamented the enmity and isolation that he said were at the root of such problems as gangs, hate crimes and war.
At a Mass in a medieval basilica assigned to him as cardinal, Mahony also asked for divine guidance for him and his fellow prelates as they prepared to begin the conclave that will name a new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
“We pray that the Holy Spirit will be with us in this process,” said Mahony, dressed in purple vestments and the distinctive red cap given to all cardinals as “princes” of the church.
His voice echoed in the beautifully frescoed Santi Quattro Coronati church, his personal parish, which he said “links Los Angeles with Rome.”
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