Pope praises single mother for not choosing abortion
September 07, 2015
Pope Francis spoke with American audiences in three different locations on August 31, in a videolink event hosted by the ABC television network and broadcast on September 4.
The Pontiff spoke with students at Cristo Rey High School, a Jesuit-run cooperative venture for students in inner-city Chicago; with parishioners in McAllen, Texas, an impoverished town on the Mexican border; and with participants in a Los Angeles program serving the homeless.
To a student, he spoke of the importance of having courage and being accompanied by good companions: “walk hand in hand with Jesus, walk hand in hand with the Virgin.”
Addressing a single mother in Los Angeles, he said, “I know it's not easy being a single mother … but I tell you one thing: you’re a brave woman because you were able to bring these two daughters into the world. You could have killed them in your womb, and you respected life, you respected the life that you had in you, and God is going to reward you.”
“Always look to the figure of Jesus,” the Pope told a member of the audience in Texas who asked him about problems such as poverty, immigration, and education. “I look at Jesus on the cross and discover the silence of God … Do not forget that God speaks to us with words, gestures and silences.”
Pope Francis then compared the response to such problems to a soccer game in which the opponents are “social friendship,” for which God created us, and “social enmity,” exemplified by Cain’s murder of Abel.
The Pope concluded by speaking of his love for American women religious, by stating he prays for the American people, and by requesting prayers.
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Further information:
- Pope Francis & the People (ABC)
- Parole del Santo Padre Francesco nel corso della videoconferenza trasmessa dalla catena televisiva statunitense ABC in collegamento con tre località degli Stati Uniti d’America (Holy See Press Office)
- Pope Francis in video link with US groups (8/31)
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Posted by: lauriem5377 -
Sep. 07, 2015 7:44 PM ET USA
September 12 is the Annual Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children - please go to a grave or memorial for aborted children and pray the Rosary for an end to this gruesome practice that has seen our country kill our children in the most horrific of ways and toss them in the trash or hand them over to be desecrated for profit.
