Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Meeting with leaders at the Cathedral

At 8:30 yesterday morning, the Holy Father left the Apostolic Nunciature in seoul and traveled by car to the Myeong-dong Cathedral where he was welcomed by the Rector in front of the old curial palace.

Inside one of the rooms of the old Curia, the Pope met with some Korean leaders and members of various religious confessions.


Greetings of the Holy Father, Pope Francis
for the meeting with Korean leaders
and members of various religious confessions

I thank you for the kindness and affection which you have shown by coming here to meet me. Life is a journey, a long journey, but a journey which we cannot make by ourselves. We need to walk together with our brothers and sisters in the presence of God. So I thank you for this gesture of walking together in the presence of God: that is what God asked of Abraham. We are brothers and sisters. Let us acknowledge one another as brothers and sisters, and walk together. May the Lord bless you. And please, pray for me. Thank you!

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