‘Children are hope’: a
children’s book by Pope Francis
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| Book launch of Pope Francis' "I bambini sono speranza" |
A book for young children entitled “I Bambini sono speranza”
with texts by Pope Francis is presented by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.
By Linda Bordoni
“I Bambini sono speranza” (“Children are hope”)
is the title of a just published children’s book composed of brief and simple
texts by Pope Francis that encourage sharing, acceptance and
love.
The texts have been selected by Father Antonio
Spadaro SJ, director of “La Civiltà Cattolica” magazine, and the book has
been illustrated by Sheree Boyd who illustrated the Pope’s “Dear Pope
Francis” book for children published in English in 2016.
The book launch took place in the Vatican’s Bambino Gesù
Children’s Hospital in the presence of Hospital director, Mariella Enoch
and Cardinal Luis Tagle, the new Prefect of the Congregation
for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Introducing the volume, Cardinal Tagle said that “where
there are no children, there is no future.”
The book, he said, is “a breath of fresh air” as it is full
of images of joy, energy and life. He revealed that it reminds him of his own
childhood in the village of Imus in the Philippines, where the family had no
television set and where every evening his mother would read simple books to
the children.
He noted that in the book the Pope speaks directly to
children, choosing simple words that invite them to be generous, to not be
afraid to cry, to do good in life, but also to smile and to dance for joy.
“You and I can make the Earth a more beautiful place” and
“the best way to win a conflict is not to start it,” are amongst the Pope’s
words chosen to make up the text of the volume.
On the very first page Pope Francis says “When I see a child
like you, I feel so much hope in my heart”; next to it is a mirror in which the
child sees his or her own reflection.
The publishing house, Salani Editore, has described the
volume as “a special little book with a universal message to make the world a
better place.”
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