The Pope also recalled that yesterday, Saturday, April 6, “the International Day of Sports for Development and Peace was celebrated. We all know that practicing a sport can educate open, supportive, sociability without prejudice.”
“But for this we need leaders and trainers who do not have victory or profit as their sole objective. Let’s promote a sport that fosters social friendship and fraternity!”
The Pontiff also expressed his affectionate welcome “to the prayer groups that cultivate the spirituality of Divine Mercy, gathered today at the Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in Sassia.” “I greet the many Poles, I see their flags!” he added.