On the occasion of the ten years since the election of Pope Francis, the editorial director of the Vatican Communications Department, Andrea Tornielli, stopped at the messages presented by the ten years of the Holy Father’s pontificate.
The basic messages of Pope Francis’ ten years of pontificate, this is what he touched on in an article by Andrea Tornielli, managing editor of the Vatican Department of Communications. And he began speaking of a church in setting out, a church that takes the initiative because it first experienced the initiative of the Lord who preceded it in love. And the editorial director continued, pointing out the importance of returning to what is essential in the pontificate of Pope Francis, that is, what the Holy Father continues to propose and testify to, that is, the face of the Church, and as His Holiness the Pope wrote in the Apostolic Exhortation Joy of the Gospel, you know to take the first step, to take the initiative without fear To go to the meeting, to search for the far away, to reach crossroads in order to invite the excluded, to live in an unquenchable desire to offer love because it has experienced the mercy of the Father and its power that can spread.
And the editorial director continued that what the Holy Father proposes is the face of Christian groups that are liberated from the scourge of self-referencing, groups that realize that they are truly apostolic only when they reflect the light of the Lord without considering themselves a source of light, groups that do not resort to marketing and procurement, groups that are liberated from pessimistic nostalgia for the past. . Tornielli spoke of sinful communities that have been forgiven, a term used by Pope Francis, groups that reflect on others the infinite mercy of God that continues to be experienced.
Andrea Tornielli stopped here at mercy, and said that it is the word that best summarizes the teaching of Pope Francis, and he spoke of mercy as the core message of Jesus and the awareness that we are always loved and re-risen after every fall, and he added that mercy is the key to the message at this stage that the Holy Father describes as the change of an era . The editor-in-chief returned once again to the Apostolic Exhortation “Joy of the Gospel” to recall the Pope’s words when he spoke about how a missionary group puts itself, through actions and gestures, into the daily lives of others and reduces distances, declining even to humiliation if necessary, and touches the suffering body of Christ in the people. A group ready to receive, listen and accompany.
At the end of his article, Andrea Tornielli indicated that Pope Francis witnessed this message during the ten years of his service, embodying what he said before the Conclave that resulted in his election, as Cardinal Bergoglio said about the next pope that there is a need for someone to help the church, thanks to meditation and worship of Jesus Christ. To get out of herself and head towards the existential outskirts of humanity, in order to be a fertile mother with the gentle and comforting joy of the Annunciation.
