Pope Francis celebrated public Mass in Cyprus on 3 December. The Holy Father explained the homily according to the Gospel of St. Matthew. He said on Friday that “Jesus alone frees the heart from evil.”
The Pope described from the stadium of Nicosia, Christ as a “physician” eager to bring healing to the human heart.
“Jesus is the physician: he alone is the true light that illuminates every man and woman, the one who gives us an abundance of light, warmth, and love. Jesus alone frees the heart from evil,” he said at the live-streamed Mass.
The country is predominantly Orthodox Christian, with a Catholic minority of around 10,000 people — the estimated attendance figure at the Mass, according to the Holy See press office.