Pope Francis on Wednesday quoted
Italian actress Anna Magnani in slamming cosmetic surgery and
the cult of eternal youth.
Criticising those that "cultivate the myth of eternal youth as
the desperate obsession for incorruptible flesh," Francis
slammed "so much cosmetic work, so many surgical interventions"
at his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square.
He recalled that great neorealist star Magnani once said "don't
hide my wrinkles, I've taken so many years to get them".
Wrinkles, the pope said, are a sign of "experience and
maturity".
He said "wisdom is like good wine, the more it ages the better
it becomes".
On cosmetic medicine in general, he concluded "wellbeing is one
thing, but feeding the myth of youth is quite another".
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