In his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis reflected on the three conditions needed to be a disciple of Christ. <\/p>\n
He noted those would-be disciples in the Gospel who delay their response to Christ's calling for them. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope lamented over those who try to use Jesus to make a career or to acquire a place of prestige, rather than to be passionate about Christ and the Gospel. <\/p>\n After the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis recalled the historical meeting earlier on the same day between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Both leaders met in a demilitiarilized zone in North Korea, making Donald Trump the first sitting U.S. President to enter the country. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> Pope Francis sent his regards also to all workers and prayers for those suffering from the intense heat this summer. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> During the month of July, Pope Francis will be on vacation, only presiding at the Angelus on Sunday and not the General Audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 1, 2019. \u201cWe have seen in Korea a good example of the \u2018culture of encounter,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sZVvtHeEnkQ","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bangelus3006eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bangelus3006int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47840"}],"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=47840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIn order to follow Jesus, the Church is itinerant. It acts immediately, quickly and decisively. The value of these conditions given by Jesus - itinerancy, readiness and decision \u2013 is not founded in a series of saying 'no' to good and important things in life. Rather, the emphasis should be on the main objective, that is to become a disciple of Christ! <\/em><\/p>\n
\nIn these last few hours, we have seen in Korea a good example of the \u2018culture of encounter.\u2019 I greet the protagonists and pray that such a significant gesture might constitute another step along the path of peace, not only on the peninsula, but for the whole world.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI pray for those who have suffered most from the consequences of the heat these days. These are the sick, the elderly, people who have to work outdoors, on construction sites. I hope no one is abandoned or exploited.<\/em><\/p>\n