Pope's quotes: A better world

Join the Conversation

Send your thoughts to Letters to the Editor. Learn more

A quote from Pope Francis:

"I believe that building a better world can be summarized in the things we have spoken about here together", he said; "that every person must be acknowledged in their identity. But identity does not exist without belonging. Try to offer a sense of belonging. One of you asked me: if a boy or a girl does not have a sense of belonging, how is it possible to help him or her? At least offer a sort of virtual belonging … so that in this way he or she will have an identity. A person without an identity has no future. It is therefore urgent to offer this belonging of any type, but which lets someone feel they belong to a group, a family, an organization, something, and this can give them an identity. Identity and belonging".

-- Address to participants of Scholas Occurrentes, May 30, 2016

Editor’s note: We can send you a biweekly email alert with content from The Francis Chronicles. Follow the directions on our email alert signup page.

Latest News

Advertisement

1x per dayDaily Newsletters
1x per weekWeekly Newsletters
2x WeeklyBiweekly Newsletters