AGI – The shameful arms trade behind every conflict, the drama of migrants, the escalation of war as the greatest fear. For the second time, Pope Francis by Fabio Fazio speaks in “Che tempo che fa su Nove” about his worries, but also about his desire to return to Argentina after ten years and announces a trip to Polynesia for August.
And for the first time in about an hour of conversation, he publicly responds to the controversy arising from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's latest document, Fiducia supplicans, on blessings for irregular and same-sex couples. Blessings he defends even as he admits, “qWhen you make a decision, you have to pay a price of loneliness“.
The Pope, who answers the question about his state of health: “still alive”, also returns to the hypothesis of resignation, “an option open to all popes” but which at the moment “is not at the center of my thoughts and my concerns stands”. , he repeats. (AGI)
“Children are the most exploited and the most excluded. And we forget that they are the future, but we are taking the future away from the children. Then when they turn twenty and end up in prison, we say, 'Ah, this dirty generation.' “Look at things, what is he doing?” But it was us, it's… pic.twitter.com/bHNU4Fva3H
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Francis expresses his sadness at the wars in the world”There is obvious self-destruction, it is difficult to make peace, I don't know why“, he explains, reminding us not to stop, to hold on to hope as “an anchor that never disappoints”. “We are the ones who create disappointments, many of them criminal,” he continues, saying that he calls the community from Gaza every day.
“How many dead Arabs and how many dead Israelis, two peoples called brothers who destroy each other. That’s war: destroy!” But why can’t peace be created? “Behind the wars, let’s say it with a little shame, is the arms trade,” “Wars often continue and grow larger in order to sell weapons or test new weapons. The people who die. That's the price you pay.” ”
War takes away children’s futures and smiles and that is “criminal”he adds, affirming that children are “the most exploited and the most excluded.”. In June, he announced, there would be a new world meeting of children “to draw attention to the fact that children are the future.”
But God “does not tire of forgiving,” the Lord “waits, knocking on the door of many hearts, so that they may have the ability to recognize the evil that they do. Think about those gun manufacturers who manufacture death. The Lord is close to them, he touches their hearts to lead them to a change of life, and the Lord does not tire of forgiving”, “we are the ones who tire of asking for forgiveness”, “sometimes The Lord is portrayed as the Lord, an unforgiving judge. It is true, he is a judge, but he is close, compassionate and merciful”, “I like to imagine hell as empty, I hope it is reality!”.
The question of blessings for gay couples couldn't be left out, a decision that sparked some controversy. “Sometimes decisions are not accepted, but most of the time they are not accepted because they are not known.” “The Lord blesses everyone, everyone, everyone“, but then people must “come into conversation with the Lord's blessing and see what path the Lord suggests to them.”. But we must take their hands and help them to walk this path and not condemn them from the beginning,” he emphasizes, recalling the “pastoral work of the Church” and the recommendations to confessors: “Forgive everything and treat them People with kindness.”
In 54 years as a priest”I have only refused forgiveness once because of this person's hypocrisy“, he admits, emphasizing that the most urgent reform is that of “the hearts, for all Christians.” Another pain, the drama of the migrants: “There is so much cruelty”, “they are often treated like things I think.” Tragedy of Cutro, who drowned there in front. Everyone has the right to stay at home or emigrate.”
Then the biggest fear, “this escalation of war,” “you wonder how this will end, if nuclear weapons destroy everything now, how will we end up, like Noah's Ark? That's what scares me, the capacity for self-destruction that exists today “humanity”.
And what 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”. At the end: “I ask you to pray for me so that I always move forward and not neglect my duty. But please pray for it, not against it, thank you!”
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