Governing requires prayer, wisdom, counsel, pope says

By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service 

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Those who govern or are in positions of authority are called to be humble and serve the good of the people God entrusts to them rather than the interests of their party or themselves, Pope Francis said. More.

(CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano - Pope Francis gives the homily as he celebrates Mass Sept. 18 in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican.)