Vatican City, 11 June 2014 (VIS) –
Due to the hot weather in Rome today, Pope Francis chose to greet the
sick in the Paul VI Hall before the general audience instead of doing
so after his catechesis in St. Peter's Square. “We thought it was
better for you to stay here in peace, where it is a little cooler,
and not under the baking sun! You can watch the audience on the
maxi-screen, you can follow it all without suffering in the sun, as
they say that today will be a very hot day. Thank you”:
After his catechesis he mentioned to
the Polish pilgrims that today is the day of St. Barnabas, the
apostle who along with St. Paul spread the Gospel among the pagans
and, full of faith and zeal, gave his life to Christ without reserve,
suffering a martyr's death. “Let us learn from him the fear of God
and perseverance in faith. With courage, let us proclaim to the world
the evangelical message”.
Addressing the Italian faithful, he
greeted the participants in the Congress on Ethics and Finance at the
Augustinianum, organised by the Pontifical Council for the Family,
commenting that, “in effect, finance nowadays needs ethics”. He
also addressed the pilgrims of Castel San Giovanni, the home town of
Cardinal Agostino Casaroli who was secretary of State between 1979
and 1990. “He was a good man, this Casaroli”, he remarked.
He also greeted the Fiat workers from
Pomigliano, in southern Italy, who donated a small blue car identical
to the one he used during his visit to Assisi in October 2013.
Earlier the workers had said that it filled them with pride to see
the Pope using the same car they used themselves to go to work or
home.
Finally, he said that during the month
of June the liturgy invites us to pray to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
and he urged all to do so, commenting that this devotion teaches the
young to love intensely, the sick to be strong and to carry the cross
of their suffering with patience, and the newly married to build
their family on the foundations of the faithfulness and love of God.
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