The students of the nuns of the Alma congregation welcomed Pope Francis to the sound of traditional music.
The congregation was founded in the 1960s and the nuns spend their days taking care of children with disabilities. With them, the Pope reflected on the Last Judgement.
POPE FRANCIS
When Jesus speaks of the Last Judgement he tells some to come with me. But he does not tell them to come with me because they were baptized, because they were confirmed, because they were married in the Church, because they did not lie, because they did not steal. No. Come with me because you took care of me.
He also said a few words that drew applause from the audience once they heard the translation.
POPE FRANCIS
I want to thank them for what they do. And I also want to thank the girls and the boys who give us the testimony of letting themselves be taken care of. Because they teach us how we should let ourselves be cared for by God.
After the meeting, the Pope went to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Dili.
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