Pope Francis rode through a crowd of some 80,000 young people gathered in St. Peter's Square on Easter Monday for a prayer vigil with the Pope.<\/p>\n
It was the first large event held in St. Peter's Square other than a Mass since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
The Pope listened to young people share their struggles with the faith, such as Alice, who described the experience of losing her grandmother.<\/p>\n
ALICE He then offered them advice, and said that fear, when shared with others, loses its power. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Pope Francis also encouraged them not to lose their senses that guide them towards God, which he says is particular to young people.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS He then blessed candles and a bouquet of flowers that were offered to an icon of the Virgin Mary, the Salus Populi Romani.<\/p>\n The Pope then offered them a blessing, and urged them to go forth with joy in Easter season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n JM<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 19, 2022. The Pope rode through a crowd of some 80,000 young people gathered in St. Peter's Square on Easter Monday for a prayer vigil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AvvifodBMo0","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bincontrogiovanieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bincontrogiovaniint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43993"}],"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=43993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>When she was gone, I was angry. I didn't talk to anyone, I didn't open myself to anyone even after multiple efforts by my family and by [my parish priest] Fr. Matteo.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Fears should be expressed so that they can be chased away. Remember this: Fears should be shared. With who? With fathers, mothers, friends, someone who can help you.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>You have the nose: don't lose it! The instinct to know \u201cthis is true,\u201d or \u201cthis isn't true, this isn't okay.\u201d The nose for the Lord, the nose for the truth.<\/em><\/p>\n