Young people from around the world held hands in St. Peter's Square during the #NotAlone human fraternity event June 10, 2023. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Jun 10, 2023 / 11:43 am (CNA).Pope Francis said in a message Saturday that others should be treated with dignity and respect, not as objects to exploit or throw away.The pope s speech was read aloud at a live-streamed event on human fraternity, sponsored by the Fratelli Tutti Foundation, held in St. Peter s Square June 10. Pope Francis was scheduled to attend before being hospitalized on Wednesday for an abdominal surgery."Even though I am unable to greet you in person, I would like to welcome and thank you wholeheartedly for coming," Francis said in the message, read by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter s Basilica and president of the Fratelli Tutti Foundation."In the encyclical Fratelli tutti," the pope said, "I wrote: Fraternity necessarily calls for something greater, which in turn
VATICAN CITY (CNS) The Holy Spirit invites the faithful to share in God s love and to make the church a loving home whose door is open to everyone, Pope Francis said. Our God is a communion of love: and this is how Jesus revealed him to us, the pope said before praying the Angelus with some 20,000 visitors gathered in St. Peter s Square June 4.
In his talk, Pope Francis reflected on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit celebrated that day.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) Individuals become Christian because they have been touched by Christ s love, not because they have been convinced or coerced by someone else, Pope Francis said.
The Catholic Church needs missionary disciples who have hearts like St. Thérèse of Lisieux and who draw people to love and bring people closer to God, he told people at his weekly general audience in St. Peter s Square June 7. Let us ask this saint for the grace to overcome our selfishness and for the passio