‘Let’s Imitate the Saints,’ Urges Pope

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Deborah Castellano Lubov

Featured News , Leo XIV

03 November, 2021

1 min

‘Let’s Imitate the Saints,’ Urges Pope

Francis Reflects After All Saints and All Souls Day

Let’s imitate the saints…

Pope Francis urged this toward the end of today’s Nov. 3 Wednesday General Audience, after All Saints and All Souls Day.

The Holy Father was greeting Italian-speaking pilgrims, especially the elderly, sick, young and newlyweds.

“May the recent solemnity of All Saints and commemoration of All Souls” Francis said, “offer us the opportunity to reflect, once again, on the meaning of earthly existence and its value for eternity.”

“May these days of reflection and prayer,” the Pope said, “be an invitation for everyone to imitate the saints, who remained faithful to the divine plan throughout their lives.”

The Holy Father concluded bestowing his Apostolic Blessing.

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Deborah Castellano Lubov

Deborah Castellano Lubov is Editorial Director & Senior Vatican & Rome Correspondent for EXAUDI (& Prior, for ZENIT); Author of 'The Other Francis' ('L'Altro Francesco') featuring interviews with those closest to the Pope and preface by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin (currently published in 5 languages); Deborah is also NBC & MSNBC Vatican Analyst. She often covers the Pope's travels abroad, often from the Papal Flight (including for historic trips such as to Abu Dhabi and Japan & Thailand), and has also asked him questions on the return-flight press conference on behalf of the English-speaking press present. Lubov has done much TV & radio commentary, including for NBC, Sky, EWTN, BBC, Vatican Radio, AP, Reuters and more. She also has contributed to various books on the Pope and has written for various Catholic publications. For 'The Other Francis': http://www.gracewing.co.uk/page219.html or https://www.amazon.com/Other-Francis-Everything-They-about/dp/0852449348/