“Baby Jesus too was a victim of hatred and persecution; He too had to run away with his family, leave his land and his home, to escape death ”. Pope Francis said this in his meeting with disadvantaged children, guests of the Hogar San Josè family home in Medellin. “Seeing children suffer hurts the soul because children are Jesus' favorites - he added -. We cannot accept that they are mistreated, that they are deprived of the right to live their childhood with serenity and joy, that they are denied a future of hope ".
The Pope listened to the "courageous testimony" of little Claudia Yesenia, stating: "Listening to all the difficulties you have gone through, the unjust suffering of so many boys and girls all over the world, who have been and are still victims innocent of the wickedness of some ". “But Jesus - he concluded - does not abandon anyone who suffers, much less you, boys and girls, who are his favorites”.
Photo: tgcom24.mediaset.it