AGI – The shameful arms trade behind every conflict, the drama of migrants, the escalation of war as the greatest fear. Pope Francis for the second time by Fabio Fazio, on Che tempo che fa su Nove talks about his concerns but also about his desire to return to Argentina after 10 years, announcing a trip to Polynesia for August.
And for the first time, in about an hour of conversation, he responds in public to the controversies arising from the recent document of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Asking for truston blessings for irregular and same-sex couples. Blessings that he defends even if, he admits, “qWhen you make a decision, there is a price of loneliness that you have to pay“.
The Pontiff, who when asked about his health replies “still alive”, also returns to the hypothesis of resignation, “a possibility open to all Popes” but which at the moment “is not at the center of my thoughts, of my concerns”, he reiterates. (AGI)
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Francis expresses his sorrow for the wars in the world “there is an apparent self-destruction, it is difficult to make peace, I don’t know why“, he states, recalling not to stop clinging to hope, like “an anchor that never disappoints”. “We are the ones who create disappointments, many of them, criminal ones”, he continues, saying that every day he calls the parish of Gaza.
“How many dead Arabs and how many dead Israelis, two peoples called to be brothers, who destroy each other. This is war: to destroy!”. But why can’t peace be made? “Behind the wars, let’s say it, with a bit of shame, there is the arms trade”, “many times wars continue, become larger, to sell weapons or to test new weapons. The people who die It’s the price you pay.”
War takes away children’s future and smiles and this “is criminal”he adds, reiterating that children “are the most exploited, the most discarded”. In June, he announces, there will be a new world meeting of children “to try to draw attention to the fact that children are the future”.
However, God “never tires of forgiving”, the Lord “wait, knocks on the door of many hearts so that they have this ability to recognize the evil they are doing. Think of these manufacturers of weapons, who are manufacturers of death. The The Lord is close to them, he touches their hearts to bring them to a change of life and the Lord never tires of forgiving”, “we are the ones who get tired of asking for forgiveness”, “sometimes the Lord is presented as the implacable judge. It’s true he is a judge, but he is close, compassionate and merciful”, “I like to think of hell as empty, I hope it is reality!”.
The question about blessings for gay couples could not be missed, a decision that sparked quite a bit of controversy. “Sometimes decisions are not accepted, but most of the time, when you don’t accept them, it’s because you don’t know.” “The Lord blesses everyone, everyone, everyone“, but then people “must enter into conversation with the blessing of the Lord and see what the path is that the Lord proposes to them. But we must take their hands and help them go down that path, not condemn them from the beginning”, he underlines, recalling the “pastoral work of the Church” and the recommendations to confessors: “forgive everything and treat people with kindness”.
In 54 years as a priest “I have only denied forgiveness once, due to the hypocrisy of the person“, he admits, underlining that the most urgent reform is that “of hearts, for all Christians”. Another pain, the drama of migrants: “There is so much cruelty”, “they are often treated like things, I think of the tragedy of Cutro , there in front, drowned. Everyone has the right to stay at home or to migrate.”
Then the greatest fear, “this escalation of war”, “one wonders how it will end, with atomic weapons now destroying everything, how will we end up, like Noah’s ark? This scares me, the capacity for self-destruction that today has humanity”.
And the thing that makes the Pope smile? “The tenderness of children” and “then the grandparents, they are my peers, I like talking to the grandparents, they have wisdom”. In the end: “I ask you to pray for me, so that I always move forward, so that I do not fail in my duty. But please, pray for, not against, thank you!”.
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2024-01-14 22:53:00
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