Vatican City, Mar 25, 2020 / 01:01 am
Pope Francis expressed his "hope in humanity" in face of the drama of the coronavirus pandemic in an interview with Spanish journalist Jordi Évole for a television program aired March 22.
Asked by Évole if he were "optimistic" in face of the coronavirus pandemic, the Holy Father said, "that's a word I don't like, because optimism to me, I'm not saying it is, to me sounds like makeup," putting a good face on things.
"I have hope. I have hope in humanity, I have hope in men and women," the Roman Pontiff added.
"I have hope in the peoples" of the world who "are going to take lessons from this crisis to re-evaluate their lives. We're going to come out better. Fewer of us, of course, many are still sick and it's hard. But I have faith, we're going to come out better," the pope continued.