For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Pope Francis walked down the central aisle of St. Peter's Basilica to celebrate Mass. <\/p>\n
It was for a special celebration for World Day of the Poor. Symbolically, the Pope carried a wooden pastoral staff.<\/p>\n
In his homily he explained the significance of a day dedicated to the poor. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS The Pope says that it is not always possible to solve humanity's greatest challenges, but that we can ensure those who suffer are not alone. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS He then explained that Christians are called to build of hope in the lives of others, and to show compassion even when surrounded by distractions. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS The ceremony was attended by some 2,000 people without resources cared for by Church institutions and volunteers who help them.<\/p>\n Before leaving, the Pope stopped to greet some of them who were near the altar. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n JMB<\/p>\n TR: JM<\/p>\n SV<\/p>\n VM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" November 15, 2021. The Pope celebrated the World Day of the Poor in St. Peter's Basilica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GPaLD28HYvY","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessagiornatapoverieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessagiornatapoveriint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44606"}],"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=44606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>'The World Day of the Poor which we are celebrating asks us to not look away, to not be afraid to take a close look at the suffering of the most vulnerable.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>'We will not be able to do good without compassion. At most we will do good things, but they are not the Christian way because they do not touch the heart.' <\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>'We are asked to nurture tomorrow\u2019s hope by healing today\u2019s pain. The two are linked: if you do not work to heal today\u2019s pain, it will be hard to have hope for tomorrow.'<\/em><\/p>\n