Visit of Pope Francis in the home «PRINCIPITO»
On January 19, Pope Francis has come to Puerto Maldonado to meet the indigenous peoples of Amazonia.
After an encounter with the population, the Pope went to the home of Principito, where the children dedicated an emotional song to him.
After thanking him for the warm welcome that he himself expressed as he was filled with joy, he began his words recalling the recent Christmas: the Child Jesus, the Pope said, “is our treasure, and you, children are its reflection, and you are also our treasure, the one of all of us, the most precious treasure that we have to take care of “.
The Pope apologized to the children for the times that the elderly do not care for them and do not give them the importance they deserve: “their eyes, their lives always demand a greater commitment and work so as not to make us blind or indifferent before so many other children they suffer and they are in need, “he told them, and addressing the girl who had given his testimony moments before thanked him – and in his figure all the children – for being” a light of hope “.
Also for the young people who grew up there the Pope had words of encouragement: “children need to look forward and find positive role models,” he told them. “Everything you young people can do, like coming to be with them, playing, spending time is important. Be for them, as the Little Prince said, the little stars that shine in the night. “
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