“And he does it according to the model of Christ’s kingship, which consists of serving, giving generously, paying in person, in solidarity with the poor and excluded. Royalty and minority are one thing in Christ, and Saint Francis bears witness to this,” the Holy Father remarked.
Next, Pope Francis stated that “one is an apostle above all with one’s own humanity, with those human virtues that the Second Vatican Council describes: sincerity, respect for justice, fidelity to one’s word, kindness, discretion, firmness of mind. , weighting, rectitude.”
Finally, he urged priests to be faithful to their vocation and to avoid “two tendencies that are widespread today, “even among priests: self-referentiality and worldliness.”