Pope Francis returned late Tuesday evening from his trip to Mozambique, Madagascar, and Mauritius. However, he was still present at his weekly meeting with the pilgrims in St. Peter's. <\/p>\n
He reflected on his last few days in Africa.<\/p>\n
He recalled the crucial role the Church is playing in the peace process in Mozambique.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> Regarding Madagascar, he recalled his visit to the City of Friendship, Akamasoa, where the neediest are welcomed. He also said that praying with the quarry workers truly touched him. <\/p>\n When reflecting on poverty, the pope pointed out the shortcomings of an economic system too focused on well-being that people only look out for themselves.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope said he was surprised at the goodwill between the different religious leaders of Mauritius. He recalled being surprised to find a bouquet of flowers sent to him from the Great Imam as a symbol of fraternity.<\/p>\n Pope Francis confessed a personal tradition.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> This was Pope Francis' fourth trip to Africa. At the end of the year, he will make one last international trip to the Far East.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September 11, 2019. The pope reflected on his experience in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HQ7FT8lVjYI","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza1109eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza1109int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47662"}],"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=47662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n I would like to give thanks to the Sant'Egidio community that has worked so hard on this process of peacemaking.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n The Gospel and the beatitudes are the remedy against selfish and discriminatory welfare.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Before beginning or returning from a trip, I always visit the Virgin Mary, Salus Populi Romani, to ensure Our Mother accompanies me during the trip. I let her tell me what to do and allow her to guide my words and my gestures. With Our Mother I feel safe.<\/em><\/p>\n