There is no saint
without sin and no sinner without a future, Pope Francis said at
his general audience Wednesday.
He also said it was not the healthy that needed doctors,
but the sick.
In the weekly audience in St Peter's Square, where the wind
ruffled his garments, blowing his mantle up into his face,
Francis reflected on how Jesus came to call not the righteous,
but the sinners.
The pope drew from the Gospel account of Christ calling
Matthew - a tax-collector and public sinner - to follow him.
Francis also issued an appeal for prayers for his upcoming
trip to the Greek island of Lesbos, where he will meet with some
of the tens of thousands of refugees who have passed through the
island.
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