Pope Francis said this Saturday that he was shocked by the fact that children do not visit their parents who are at home or in difficulties, during an audience with members of the National Council for Renewal in the Spirit.
In his speech, Francisco explained that “the first announcement is made on the basis of the evidence of life,” and wondered, “What is the point of saying great prayers and many beautiful hymns if a person is not patient with others, if he does not know how to be close to his mother? “, who is lonely.
“I am outraged by men and women whose parents are in nursing homes or who are in difficult situations and do not go to visit them. Concrete charity, hidden service are always a confirmation of our appeals: words, gestures and songs do not work without charity,” the Pope said, as quoted by the Spanish news agency EFE.
Francisco admitted that he initially did not like the movement, whose members he received in an audience this Saturday, because he saw it as “a samba school, not a church movement.”
“Then, as an archbishop, I saw how they worked, how they filled the cathedral during meetings, and I began to appreciate them very much. They are moving forward, but not as a samba school, but as a church movement,” the Pope said.