The leaders of the Church
are old but they can dream and show young people the way
forward, Pope Francis said Tuesday.
Speaking at a Mass in St Martha's House marking the
anniversary of his ordination as bishop, the pope said "some
people who don't like us say that we are the gerontocracy of the
Church...but we aren't gerontocrats, we are grandfathers...who
our grandchildren are asking to give them the meaning of life,
with our experience".
Francis said these grandfathers "are called on to dream, to
give dreams to today's youth that need it, and they will take
strength to prophesy and carry forward our task".
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