Pope Francis called the members of a Vatican-based lay association on Saturday to “begin again with more humanity” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Pope was addressing representatives of the Sts. Peter and Paul Association as they marked the group’s 50th-anniversary appeal on 8 January in the Paul VI Hall.
He said: “I would like to leave you with some indications for the future, so that your precious service may continue to be a witness to those you meet, in a context that will still feel the effects of the pandemic.”
“I summarize them in this exhortation: ‘Let us begin anew with more humanity, looking to Jesus, with hope in our hearts.’”
The Sts Peter and Paul Association emerged from the Palatine Guard, a military unit established by Pope Pius IX in 1850.