He Pope Francis He admitted this Monday, at a stop on his tour surrounded by young Catholic faithful in Papua New Guineathat his position “is not an easy job.”
The 87-year-old pontiff, who is in the middle of a 12-day pilgrimage across the region Asia-Pacificappeared lively and jovial during his speech before a crowd of supporters at the end of a four-day stopover in the Oceanic country.
At the end of his prepared remarks on the problems facing young people, the pope encouraged the nearly 10,000 people gathered to shout out a call to help others.
At the end of his speech, at the stadium Sir John Guise of Port Moresbyhe also suggested to those present the need to pray, and to do so in particular for him.
“This is not an easy job,” the Pope told them, making a brief switch from Italian to English.
Worries about such a long tripsometimes in a wheelchair, have not been long in coming for the octogenarian leader of the Catholic Church.
However, after several days of touring, the Pope seemed to put those fears to rest and thanked his audience for a “beautiful meeting” amidst choruses from the crowd: “Long live the Holy Pope!”
Francisco He said goodbye this Monday Papua New Guinea at a meeting attended by some 10,000 young people from the country, at the stadium Sir John Guise from the capital, with whom the pontiff engaged in a conversation and said: “We can all make mistakes.”
Before moving to East Timor to continue with the third stage of his journey through Asia and OceaniaFrancisco went to the stadium Port Moresby to meet with thousands of young people from the country, plagued by poverty, violence and natural disasters.
The Pope toured the stadium in a golf cart and was welcomed as if it were a real party by young Catholics from various parts of the country who sang and danced, as well as performing traditional dances.
TO The young people of this great archipelago with more than 800 languages, Francis asked them to learn “a common language: the language of love”.
As in these kinds of meetings, Francis preferred not to give a prepared speech and began to talk to the young people: “Can a young person make a mistake? Can an adult make a mistake? And can an old person like me make a mistake? Yes, we can all make mistakes.”
He added that “the important thing is to realize the mistake.” “We are not superman,” he added, explaining that one can fall, “but the important thing is not to fall.”
He also spoke to the young people about the need to avoid indifference, “which is almost worse than hatred,” and urged them to help someone who has fallen on the street when they find them. He asked all the young people to make the gesture of lifting someone from the ground.
“I thank you for your presence“I am pleased with your enthusiasm and with everything you do. I thank you for your joy, your presence and your dreams,” he added.
(With information from EFE and AFP)
