Don't be afraid to go to the Sacrament of Confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives you.
Pope FrancisHoly Week is a privileged time when we are called to draw near to Jesus: friendship with him is shown in times of difficulty.
Pope FrancisWe also try to reach out to people who are far away, via digital means, the web and brief messaging.
Pope FrancisA poverty learned with the humble, the poor, the sick and all those who are on the existential outskirts of life. A theoretical poverty is no use to us. Poverty is learned by touching the flesh of the poor Christ, in the humble, in the poor, in the sick and in children.
Pope FrancisAnd there is this fact of the twelve baskets: why twelve? What does it mean? Twelve is the number of the tribes of Israel, symbolically it represents all the people. And this tells us that when food is shared equally, with solidarity, nobody is devoid of the necessary, each community can meet the needs of the poorest. Human ecology and environmental ecology go hand in hand.
Pope Francis