Pope Francis received Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon, at the Vatican, who arrived accompanied by his partner, Lauren Sánchez.
The Vatican Press Office did not report the meeting in its usual way. bolletinoin which he generally reports on the meetings held daily by the Holy Father.
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As reported by the Daily MailPope Francis’ meeting with Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez, took place on Thursday, August 15, the day the Catholic Church celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
On his Instagram account, Sánchez commented that “it was an honor for Jeff and I to spend time with His Holiness, @franciscus at his home in the Vatican.”
“His wisdom, warmth and humor were deeply moving. “She reminded us not to take life so seriously, a simple but powerful reminder to keep lightness in our hearts,” Sánchez added.
Bezzos’ fiancée reported that “we also talked about the urgent need to act against climate change, something that she is passionate about, as are all of us who work at the Bezos Earth Fund.”
Sánchez further highlighted that what Pope Francis believes about “finding beauty and meaning in everything we do resonated deeply with me. I love that it encourages priests to read poetry and literature to stay connected to the human spirit.”
In closing, the 54-year-old woman said she was “grateful for this incredible blessing and for the kind wisdom he shared with us.”
Walter Sanchez Silva
I have been a husband since 2008. My wife and I have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before he was born. Since I joined ACI Prensa in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Cologne, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and of Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the Family synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Synodality, in 2023. I closely follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers persecution from the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as current ecclesiastical events in the region.