Pope Francis said the fact that he
currently has to move around in a wheelchair because of a knee
problem is a sign of old age that should be accepted during his
weekly general audience on Wednesday.
"That's old age," he said.
"All these ailments come to you and we have to accept them. We
don't have the strength of the young".
Referring to a passage in the bible on a conversation Jesus had
with Peter, he said old age was "'a time to find strength in
frailty".
He said that Jesus warned Peter that when he was young he was
master of his own life, but that when he grows old his testimony
would be "accompanied by weakness.
"Tell me about it. I have to go around in a wheelchair," he
added.
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