Holy Father Pope Francis while addressing the faithful gathered at St. Peter’s Square for the mid-day Regina Coeli prayer, called the Christians to build fraternity. His Holiness Pope Francis highlighted that only fraternity can guarantee lasting peace, defeat poverty, extinguish tensions and wars, and eradicate corruption and crime. Holy Father reminded them that the fraternity lived by the first Christians is needed today.
As reported by Vatican Radio, Holy Father Pope Francis remarked that “By rising again from death, Jesus broke down the wall of division between men, restored peace, and began weaving the fabric of a new fraternity. There cannot be a true communion and a commitment to the common good and social justice without fraternity and sharing. Without fraternal sharing, an authentic ecclesial or civil community cannot be created: there can only be a group of individuals motivated by their own interests.” Further, His Holiness added, “The Resurrection of Christ, has made the novelty of dialogue and of the relationship explode in the world, a novelty that has become a responsibility for Christians”.
His Holiness Pope Francis concluded his remarks by urging all to implore the Virgin Mary to help everyone make fraternity and communion their lifestyle and the soul of their relationships.
