Pope Francis asked for it this Monday may the world give you “peace” for the tenth anniversary of his election as 266th pontiff in the history of the Church, while defining “the most beautiful moment” of his first decade of government a meeting with the elderly in Plaza San Pedro in 2014.
“Peace, peace is needed”, The pontiff answered the question of which gift he would choose for the anniversary, in a podcast made by Vatican media.
“I didn’t think I was the pope of the third world war, I thought Syria in 2014 was something unique. But then there was Yemen, I saw the Rohingya tragedy in Myanmar and I saw that there was a world war. and return there is the arms industry. This is diabolical,” he condemned about some of the world conflicts he went through during his pontificate.
Three wishes
During the recording, the Pope left three wishes for the future: “fraternity, tears and smiles”.
“Fraternity because we are all brothers, we must recompose it. Furthermore, we must learn to do it Don’t be afraid to cry and smile. A person who knows how to cry and laugh doesn’t have his feet on the ground. If you forgot, something is wrong,” she added.
Similarly, in an interview with Swiss television RSI, the Pope has chosen “fun” as a word to describe his early years of pontificate.
“The grace of God that does everything. I didn’t think it would come to this. I feel every day that the Lord helps me if I am open. If I shut down it doesn’t help me,” he argued.
The most “beautiful” moment.
In the podcast with the Vatican media, in a brief review of his pontificate, the Pope also stated that “the most beautiful moment” was a meeting with the elderly in 2014, and what “I never wanted to see” are the images Of young people killed by conflicts.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected on March 13, 2013, on the fifth ballot on the second day of a conclave attended by 115 cardinals summoned after the resignation of his predecessor Benedict XVI, which came into force on February 28 of that year.
This Monday, as the only celebratory activity, the Pope presided over a mass with the cardinals present in Rome in the chapel of his home in the Domus Casa Santa Marta where he lives in the Vatican.
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Source: Clarin
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