Pope invites us to spare a place for the poor
Vatican City, 7 January 2014: In a post on the social media on Tuesday Pope Francis
invited all to spare a place for the poor at their table. The Pontiff wrote on his
Twitter account @pontifex: “Let us leave a spare place at our table: a place for
those who lack the basics, who are alone.”Pope Francis has expressed his concern for the poor and the unwanted many a times in the past. On 9th December, he wrote: If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for good Samaritans.
Earlier on 25 November, he wrote: To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us.
The Pope has now close to 11 million followers on his Twitter account @Pontifex. And the re-tweeting of Pope’s message is reported to be reaching at least 60 million people. The Pope’s English-language handle alone has over 3 million followers. The papal tweets are published in nine languages on the micro-blogging website.Source: VR Sedoc
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