homily

In his homily, the pope praised “the fire of charity” that sustains both giver and receiver.

Delivering the homily at Saturday's funeral, Fr Timothy Bartlett said that "the peace of an ordinary summer Sunday morning" had been "cruelly shattered by acts of vicious and senseless violence".

He led the lunchtime one in the cathedral, telling parishioners during his homily, “We want to go out and console our neighbors and strengthen their hearts and encourage them to keep the faith.”

But he seemed to have Americans on his mind in his first homily as pope.

As part of that mass he will deliver a homily in the presence of numerous heads of state and dignitaries.