Pope reflects on God’s people as ‘family of families,’ says Church does not abandon migrants

October 26, 2015

God’s “dream, always and forever, is to form a people, to bring them together, leading them toward the land of freedom and peace,” Pope Francis said in his October 25 Sunday Angelus address, in which he reflected on a passage from the Book of Jeremiah on the exiles of Israel returning home.

God’s people, he continued, “is a family of families, in which those who struggle are not marginalized and left behind, but manage to keep up with the others, because this people walks along with those who are ‘last,’ as one does in families.” 

The passage from Jeremiah calls to mind “images of refugees marching on the streets of Europe, a dramatic reality of our times,” the Pope added as he spoke to the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square. “These people are in search of dignity, these families looking for peace are still with us, the Church does not abandon them, because they are part of the people that God wants to free from slavery and lead to freedom.”

 

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Further information:

• Angelus Domini 2015.10.25 (YouTube Vatican)
• Le parole del Papa alla recita dell’Angelus (Holy See Press Office)
• Zenit translation