Following today's general audience, Pope Francis greeted the pilgrims
gathered in St. Peter's Square.
He recalled the victims and families of
those affected by the floods that have claimed many lives on the Italian
island of Sardinia.
The Pontiff commented that “Pro Orantibus Day”, will be celebrated tomorrow, 21 November, the liturgical memory of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple and a day on which the Church also remembers cloistered monks and nuns.
The Pontiff commented that “Pro Orantibus Day”, will be celebrated tomorrow, 21 November, the liturgical memory of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple and a day on which the Church also remembers cloistered monks and nuns.
He encouraged
those present to support both spiritually and materially those who are
called to the cloistered life, to assist them in carrying out the
important task entrusted to them.
“It is a good occasion to thank the
Lord for the gift of the many people who, in monasteries and hermitages,
dedicate themselves to God in prayer and constructive silence”.
He went on to mention that on 22 November the United Nations will inaugurate the “International Year of the Family Farming”.
He went on to mention that on 22 November the United Nations will inaugurate the “International Year of the Family Farming”.
“In work,
too, the family is a model of fraternity, for living an experience of
unity and solidarity between all its members, with greater sensitivity
towards those who are most in need of care or assistance, and stemming
social conflict at source”, said the Holy Father, who expressed his wish
that this initiative might contribute to promoting “the innumerable
benefits that the family brings to the economic, social, cultural and
moral growth of the entire human community”.