Pope Francis: Audience tickets are NOT for sale

Pope Francis had a reminder at Wednesday's General Audience, saying that tickets to the Audience are ALWAYS free, and people are not allowed to charge for them. At the end of the Audience the Pope said:

“Now I have to tell you something I would not like to say, but I must. To enter the audiences there are tickets on which it is written in one, two, three, four, five and six languages that ‘The ticket is free of charge’. You do not pay to enter the audience, both in the Hall and in the Square; it is a free visit that one makes to the Pope in order to speak with the Pope, with the bishop of Rome. But I know that there are tricksters who make people pay for the tickets. If someone tells you that you need to pay to attend an audience with the Pope, it is a con. Be careful! Entry is free of charge. You come here without paying, because this is home to everyone. And if someone makes you pay to enter the audience they are committing an offence, like a delinquent, doing something you should not do”.