Skopje, North Macedonia, May 7, 2019 / 09:59 am
In the first-ever papal visit to North Macedonia Tuesday, Pope Francis lauded the lasting legacy of Mother Teresa, a saint unafraid to offer her life for love.
"This land was able to give to the world and to the Church in Mother Teresa just that kind of concrete sign of how one small person, anointed by the Lord, could permeate everything, once the fragrance of the Beatitudes was spread over the weary feet of our humanity," Pope Francis said in Skopje, Mother Teresa's hometown, May 7.
"How many people were put at ease by the tenderness of her glance, comforted by her caress, sustained by her hope and nourished by the courage of her faith, which could make even the most forgotten in our midst realize that they are not forgotten by God," the pope said in his meeting with Macedonian priests and religious in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
"History is written by people like this, people unafraid to offer their lives for love: whenever you did this to the least of my brothers and sisters, you did it to me," Pope Francis said.