Pope: “At Castro Pretorio everyone is welcome, it’s wonderful to be here”

Rome, 22 feb. (LaPresse) – “Thank you for the welcome and for this joy. How wonderful it is to be in a place where everyone is welcome. This morning we see here people from different countries around the world, a unity that only Jesus makes possible.” Thus spoke Pope Leo XIV addressing the faithful present in the courtyard of the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Castro Pretorio, Rome. “How beautiful this welcome is. Sunday is always a day of hope,” the Pope added, later referring to the history of the parish, established during the time of “my predecessor Leo XIII” and “Don Bosco.” “A history that is not only of the past,” but that still lives today “in service and charity.” The Pope then offered a special greeting to the children present.