American journalist Kielce Gussie learned just three days beforehand that she would be doing the first reading at Pope Francis’ funeral mass Saturday.
“My initial thought was ‘Oh my God’ but then, after I thought, ‘This is such a huge honor,’ to be a part of this momentous occasion,” she told CBS News.
“Also, for me, it’s such a big way to say thank you to Pope Francis.”
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The 28-year-old Florida native writes for the Vatican News, the news portal of the Holy See, the governing body of the Catholic Church, according to her LinkedIn page.
She earned her bachelor’s in theology at Mount St. Mary’s University, a Catholic university in Maryland, and then went on to get a degree in church communication from the Pontifical
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