{"id":48910,"date":"2018-09-25T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2018\/09\/25\/pope-in-tallin-you-did-not-gain-your-freedom-in-order-to-end-up-as-slaves-of-consumerism\/"},"modified":"2018-09-25T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T16:02:00","slug":"pope-in-tallin-you-did-not-gain-your-freedom-in-order-to-end-up-as-slaves-of-consumerism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2018\/09\/25\/pope-in-tallin-you-did-not-gain-your-freedom-in-order-to-end-up-as-slaves-of-consumerism\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope in Tallinn: \u201cYou did not gain your freedom in order to end up as slaves of consumerism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last great ceremony of the pope's trip to the Baltic States was this mass in Tallinn's Liberty Square in Estonia.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis compared this nation and the Baltic Countries to the Jewish people whom Moses freed from Egyptian slavery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POPE FRANCIS<\/strong><br \/>\n <em>\u201cLike the people who came forth from Egypt, we have to listen and seek. You did not gain your freedom in order to end up as slaves of consumerism, individualism or the thirst for power or domination.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The pope warned them of the dangers facing today's society, just as the people of Israel had to face problems. He asked them to discern well the meaning of 'freedom.'<\/p>\n<p><strong>POPE FRANCIS<\/strong><br \/>\n <em>\u201cSome people think they are free when they live without God or keep Him at arm\u2019s length. They do not realize that, in doing so, they pass through this life as orphans, without a home to return to.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The pope reminded them of one of the main ideas of his last letter 'Gaudete et exsultate': that all are \u201ccalled to be saints,\u201d living with love and offering their own witness in their daily occupations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POPE FRANCIS<\/strong><br \/>\n <em>\u201cWe have to leave our fears behind and go forth from our safe places, because today most Estonians do not identify themselves as believers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After Mass Pope Francis gave the final blessing and gave a message of thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably tired, after four days of intense travel, Pope Francis went to the airport to end his apostolic journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 25, 2018. Pope Francis asked Christians in Estonia not to be afraid to identify themselves as believers. Seventy percent of the population follow no religion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":27769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m6fDXBPyVvE","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bestoniamessatallineng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bestoniamessatallinint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48910"}],"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=48910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}