杏MAP导航

By Francesca Merlo

Someone once told 杏MAP导航 Francis “your kindness is my home and the place where I feel safe”. 杏MAP导航 Emeritus Benedict XVI spoke those kind words as the two celebrated 65 years since Benedict’s ordination to the priesthood.

杏MAP导航 Francis demonstrates acts of kindness on a daily basis: as a bishop, he would roam the streets of Buenos Aires handing out food to the homeless and as 杏MAP导航 he has invited them to lunch.

Throughout his pontificate he has stood up for the rights of the poor, the ill, the elderly, migrants, refugees and all those who are in need.

“Deus caritas est” wrote Benedict XVI. God is love. ‘Love’ is the word used to describe God’s unlimited loving kindness towards everyone.

A true Christian brings kindness to others, said 杏MAP导航 Francis. And it is this limitless, selfless loving-kindness towards all other people that glorifies and reflects the nature of God.

杏MAP导航 Francis once asked the faithful how God shows His love. It is not with great things, he said, but through small acts of kindness.

This kindness, according to 杏MAP导航 Emeritus Benedict XVI, along with truth and love, are what “make a person pure”.