During the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis has been offering encouragement to the world. <\/p>\n
From praying the Our Father with Christians of every denomination, to imparting an extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing, he has accompanied each action with powerful words about keeping hope and courage alive.<\/p>\n
HOPE <\/p>\n
Pope Francis reminds Christians of their identity and that God is never-changing, even during this time.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS <\/strong> POPE FRANCIS <\/strong> He recalls that going from the season of Lent to Easter, and Jesus' death to resurrection, Christ remains the hope for Christians.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> POPE FRANCIS <\/strong> He doesn't play down the difficulties and suffering, but says in order to face them, courage is also needed. <\/p>\n COURAGE <\/p>\n Pope Francis asks people not to give up in this time. He says to remember that God is bigger than any problem that could arise. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS <\/strong> POPE FRANCIS <\/strong> Pope Francis gives a daily message like this each morning, when he celebrates Mass. His advice transmits globally, since he live-streams each of his public appearances. It is another way he is living out his pastoral call as the shepherd of the Roman Catholic Church and a spiritual leader in a world with an uncertain future.<\/p>\n Melissa Butz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 25, 2020. He repeated Jesus' words, \u201cDo not be afraid, you are not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pp4TpuNz4fw","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpopecourageeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpopecourageint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46706"}],"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=46706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPalm Sunday Mass - April 5, 2020
\n So that when we have our back to the wall, when we find ourselves at a dead end, with no light and no way of escape, when it seems that God Himself is not responding, we should remember that we are not alone. Jesus experienced total abandonment in a situation he had never before experienced in order to be one with us in everything. He did it for me, for you, to say to us: \u201cDo not be afraid, you are not alone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSanta Marta - April 2, 2020
\n We are Christians because we were chosen. In this election, there is a promise. There is a promise of hope. The sign is fruitfulness. <\/em><\/p>\n
\nUrbi et Orbi Blessing \u2013 March 27, 2020
\n The Lord asks us from His cross to rediscover the life that awaits us, to look toward those who look to us, to strengthen, recognize and foster the grace that lives within us. Let us not quench the wavering flame that never falters, and let us allow hope to be rekindled.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nUrbi et Orbi \u2013 April 12, 2020
\nThis is a different type of \u201ccontagion.\u201d It's a message transmitted from heart to heart \u2013 for every human heart awaits this Good News. It is the contagion of hope, \u201cChrist, my hope, is risen!\u201d This is no magic formula that makes problems vanish. No, the resurrection of Christ is not that. Instead, it is the victory of love over the root of evil, a victory that does not \u201cby-pass\u201d suffering and death, but passes through them.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEaster Vigil \u2013 April 11, 2020
\n Sister, brother, even if you buried hope in your heart, don't give up! God is greater. Darkness and death don't have the last word. Courage, with God nothing is lost! <\/em><\/p>\n
\nEaster Vigil \u2013 April 11, 2020
\n If you are weak and fragile on the way, if you fall. Do not be afraid! God holds out your hand and says to you: 'Courage!' You cannot give it to yourself, but you can receive it as a gift. Just open your heart in prayer, just lift that stone placed at the mouth of the heart a little, to let the light of Jesus enter. Just invite Him, 'Come, Jesus, into my fears and say to me too, Courage!' <\/em><\/p>\n