In his words on the occasion of this event, the Pope emphasized that girls and boys “are the joy of their parents and their families, they are also the joy of humanity and of the Church, where each one is like a link in a very long chain.” , which extends from the past to the future and encompasses the entire earth.”
The Bishop of Rome asks minors not to forget those “who, despite being so young, are already struggling with illnesses and difficulties in hospital or at home, those who are victims of war and violence, those who live on.” The streets suffer from hunger and thirst.
Nor should they forget how he advises them to think of those who are forced to be soldiers or to flee as refugees, those who are separated from their parents, those who cannot go to school, those who are victims of criminal gangs, drugs or other forms of slavery and abuse,
They must listen to “all those children whose childhood is still being cruelly stolen from them today,” Francis told them, “for with their suffering, with their eyes cleansed by tears and with the constant desire for the good that comes from hearts of these children.” Anyone who has really seen how terrible evil is tells us about the reality.”
“The world changes mainly through small things, without being ashamed of taking small steps. Furthermore, our smallness reminds us that we are fragile and need each other as members of a single body,” the Pope added.
In this letter he reminds minors that “we cannot achieve happiness alone, because happiness increases to the extent that it is shared; because it is born with gratitude, for the gifts we have received and which we in turn share with others,” because “when we are together, everything is different.”
“You know that in May I will meet many of you in Rome, who will come in large numbers,” the Pope tells the little ones in this message in which he affirms that on this first day of the Catholic Church, which is dedicated to them is dedicated, the case is on the planet everyone will come together “as builders of a new, more humane, more just and more peaceful world.”