During his General Audience, Pope Francis spoke about apostolic zeal, emphasizing the role of saints and religious men and women, particularly those living a monastic life. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS Pope Francis used the example of the Armenian monk St. Gregory of Narek, who he declared a Doctor of the Church in 2015. The Pope highlighted how St. Gregory's life in the monastery was instrumental in his mission of bringing mercy to the world. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS At the end of the audience, the Pope gave a special greeting to a group of young people who recently received the Sacrament of Confirmation. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Pope Francis also encouraged those present in St. Peter's Square to remember Ukraine in their prayers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n AT <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the end of the audience, the Pope gave a special greeting to a group of young people who recently received the Sacrament of Confirmation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ENlR5ZI3htY","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza2604eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza2604int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>The religious are the beating heart of the proclamation. Interestingly enough, they are beating heart: their prayer is oxygen for all the members of the Body of Christ; it is the invisible force that sustains the mission.
\nThey are the real strength, the real force that carries God's people forward.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>His most striking aspect is precisely the universal solidarity that he embodies. <\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I encourage each of you to be joyful witnesses of Christ among your peers. Understand? Joyful witness of Christ among your peers.<\/em><\/p>\n