Dili, Sep 10 (EFE).- Pope Francis visited in Dili This Tuesday, during his second day of visiting East Timor, Imas Alma school, a center that takes care of children with severe disabilities, whom he hugged and held their hands and said that they are the testimony of “letting oneself be cared for.”
In the first act of the day, she went to the Irmãs Alma School, which is run by the Congregation of the ALMA Sisters and serves the most disadvantaged children with severe physical and mental disabilities.
Over there Francisco He hugged the little ones, gave them candy, held their hands for a few moments during the visit, and wanted to greet each one of them.
Sitting with some of these children at his feet, the Pope explained that these children “give us the testimony of letting ourselves be cared for and teach us how to let ourselves be cared for by God and not by so many ideas, plans or whims.”
The Pope had one of the children in a wheelchair brought to him and asked his name and, without letting go of his hand, said: «Silvano teaches us to care. We see his face, we see him sleeping peacefully and just as he lets himself be cared for, we have to learn to let ourselves be cared for by God who loves us inside.»
Francis will continue his day with a visit to religious leaders in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and then a mass on the esplanade of Taci Tolu, where some 750,000 people are expected.
