Roberto Benigni: Pope Francis' new book
"beautiful"
(Vatican Radio) Italian actor
Roberto Benigni said on Tuesday Pope Francis is “so full of mercy, you could
sell it by the pound.”
He was speaking during the
presentation of Pope Francis’ book length interview with journalist Andrea
Tornielli - entitled The
Name of God is Mercy – which took place at the Patristic
Institute "Augustinianum,” located near the Vatican.
Benigni called the book
“beautiful” and said it was possible to read portions “in five minutes, while
waiting for a late train.”
In an excited and exuberant
presentation, he said “you cannot speak in moderation about this Pope.”
“It’s a revolution, and it’s
wonderful…I have done everything to see him,” he said.
“The core of the ministry of
Pope Francis is just this: Mercy,” Benigni said.
The actor added that mercy is
not “a virtue,” and “does not sit still for a second, but reaches out to
sinners and the poor.”
He also said the book “raises
our hearts without watering down our brains.”
Benigni was joined in the
presentation by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
“The Name of God is
Mercy is not an interview which “covers the field on all the
burning questions of the world,” Cardinal Parolin said. “Those who are seeking
such revelations might perhaps be disappointed.”
The book, instead, explores
“the great mystery of the mercy of God.”
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