Vatican City, Apr 7, 2013 / 06:12 am
On the Feast of Divine Mercy, Pope Francis emphasized that when Jesus said "blessed are those who do not see and yet believe," he also referred to those who believed the testimony of the Apostles and everyone today who hears the witness of Christians and believes.
"And who were they who believed without seeing? Other disciples, men and women of Jerusalem that, while they did not meet the resurrected Jesus, believed in the testimony of the Apostles and the women," Pope Francis said April 7 before a crowd of around 100,000 people.
The Pope made his remarks before praying the Regina Caeli from the window of the papal apartment that overlooks St. Peter's Square.
He focused on the Gospel reading for today, which recalls the encounter between St. Thomas and Jesus after the resurrection.