Pope Francis: The relationship with God always makes people flourish

Pope Francis maintained that “the relationship with God always makes people flourish” during an audience in the Vatican with the promoters of the project Schools of Life(ies)(Schools of Life) promoted by the Delegation of the Management Body of Catholic Education in France.

Citing his encyclical Brothers Allthe Holy Father recalled that every human person, no matter how fragile, “has intrinsic value,” so “we are called to recognize each individual as a unique and irreplaceable person.”

For this reason, he stressed that no one is useless or unworthy, and that “every existence is a gift from God that must be welcomed with love and respect.”

He recalled that Jesus is the best example of this, because he always went to meet the excluded, welcoming them with love. “The relationship with God always makes people flourish, always!” he exclaimed.

The Holy Father stressed the need for the Catholic Church to welcome everyone with their frailties, and to be open and “capable of approaching each person, of healing the wounds of those who suffer, of tenderly caressing those who lack affection and to lift up those who have fallen.”

As on previous occasions, he reiterated that only in one situation is it legal to look at someone from above: “To help him get up.” Likewise, he urged educators to value the potential of young people and create spaces where they can express themselves “and discover that their lives have meaning.”

He also expressed the need to train not only competent professionals, “but also mature adults who will be the artisans of a more beautiful and more human world, impregnated with the Gospel.”

Pope Francis ended his speech by citing the Jubilee of Hope and encouraging the members of the educational project to “return the centrality to the human person” and integrate its spiritual dimensions “to build a just and supportive society.”

In conclusion, he stated that the new generations “urgently need” a comprehensive education.