Pope
Francis: audience for rail workers
(Vatican
Radio) Pope Francis received managers, technical staff and personnel of the
Italian State Railway on Saturday, in a special audience. Some 7 thousand
employees of the Ferrovie dello stato packed the Paul VI
audience Hall for the noon appointment.
In
remarks prepared for the occasion, Pope Francis praised the organization and
its employees for their historical commitment to works of solidarity and
compassion, including their support for the recently concluded renovations of
the Caritas center near Rome’s central station, which the Holy Father visited
earlier this week in connection with the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
“May
the Year of Mercy, which opened only a few days ago,” said Pope Francis,
“impress upon our mind and our heart that mercy is the first and most real
medicine for man, of which everyone has urgent need.”
In
his remarks, the Holy Father also praised the commitment of the Railway workers
for the difficult and often dangerous work they do in building and maintaining
the network. “Not a few workers have also lost their lives in this labor,” he recalled.
“We remember them all – and let us make it so that – so far as it is in our
power – such things do not happen anymore.”
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