A love of the Catholic faith and travel led Kielce Gussie to the altar in St. Peter's Square to deliver the first reading in the funeral service for Pope Francis. Gussie is a U.S. journalist with ...

Kielce Gussie gave the first reading at the funeral Mass held for Francis at ... She is a devout Catholic and has met the pope twice, including one time on her birthday in a special personal ...

did the first reading in English -- several verses from the Acts of the Apostles -- at the funeral of Pope Francis. "While in Rome, Gussie will pursue an internship with either EWTN or Catholic ...

the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. But that's how Gussie, 28, found herself standing in front of thousands of people, delivering the first reading in the April 26 funeral Mass for Pope ...

American Kielce Gussie, who works as a journalist at Vatican News, did the first reading in English -- several verses from the Acts of the Apostles -- at the funeral of Pope Francis. Gussie ...

The funeral for Pope Francis ... and Polish President Andrzej Duda. The Gospel reading for the pontiff’s Mass will be from the 21st chapter of John, when Jesus Christ asked Simon Peter ...

You’re reading The New Yorker’s daily newsletter ... Sign up to receive it in your inbox. I watched the funeral for Pope Francis from atop the braccio, or “arm,” extending up and outward ...

Among them was American journalist Kielce Gussie, who played a role during the funeral Mass at St. Peter's Square, where she did the first reading ... Born and raised Catholic, Gussie has ...

LONDON -- American Kielce Gussie, who works as a journalist at Vatican News, did the first reading in English -- several verses from the Acts of the Apostles -- at the funeral of Pope Francis on ...