“We need to learn from children,” said the Pope Francisco during a meeting with boys from 84 countries in the Paul VI Hall. He Supreme Pontiff He added: “I’m always happy when I meet a child, because every time teach me something new and it reminds me how beautiful life is in its simplicity, and how beautiful it is to be together!”
After meeting the participants, Francisco highlighted the signs of joy with those who received it. “These are the roars with which we want to fill the world: not those of the bombs, but those of his joy and his happy laughter“.
Referring to the conflicts that currently occur in the world, especially the one that occurs between Israel and Gazathe Pope directed his thoughts to “those children who unfortunately suffer “war, hunger, disease, climate disasters and poverty today.
“To those who are in danger because bad people even put weapons in their hands! Children should not have weapons in their hands. “They should have toys, books, notebooks and many other nice and good things, but not weapons!” Francis exhorted, while encouraging the children present to repeat out loud with him: “Life is a gift! God loves us! “We are all brothers!”
“They have come here from all over the world, like many brothers who meet in a big house. It is the big house that Jesus gave usthe great family of the Church, open to all children in the world. Because that’s how it should be,” she recalled.
“Wherever I go, every child in this world should always feel at homealways accepted with a lot of love, with a beautiful smile, with a hug, with a caress,” added the Bishop of Rome.
“And to all the children who suffer,” Francis said, “I would like to say, together with you, that they are not alonethat we carry them in our hearts, we pray for them and we promise to do everything possible so that they soon find hope and serenity and so that the smile returns to their faces. May the smile return to the face of every boy and girl on earth!” concluded Francisco.
Source: Ambito
