The pope set aside time for his busy schedule in Mozambique to meet with about twenty young people participating in the programs of the foundation he promoted, Scholas Ocurrentes.<\/p>\n
The meeting was in the Holy See's nunciature in Maputo, and the young people told the pope how Scholas has helped them foster communities of encounter where they live.<\/p>\n
Pope Francis listened to their testimonies and also received gifts, like this capulana, a traditional African wrap skirt.<\/p>\n
'Do I have to wear it?'<\/em><\/p>\n They also presented the pope with music.<\/p>\n The pope was very comfortable among these boys and girls whom he affectionately thanked for his visit.<\/p>\n 'I thank you for this visit, which has touched my heart.'<\/em><\/p>\n One gift especially caught the pope's attention for a very personal reason.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is one thing that touched my heart a lot - it is the rag ball. When I was a kid I played with a rag ball because at that time they were leather balls, sewn with leather, and they were very expensive.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Pope Franics explained that neither he nor his friends had money then to buy the other type of ball.<\/p>\n He also suggested an artistic competition related to\u201d rag balls.\u201d He announced that, if it takes place, he himself would deliver the prize to the winner.<\/p>\n Before leaving, he left his signature and drank some mate brought to him by Argentine missionaries.<\/p>\n Angeles Conde September 6th, 2019. It was explained to the youth of the projects developed by the Pontifical Scholas Foundation in Mozambique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS7-o9Jav8k","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapascholasmozambicoeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapascholasmozambicoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47682"}],"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=47682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMelissa Butz <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"