Medellin, Colombia, Sep 9, 2017 / 13:20 pm
In a visit to a children's home in Colombia, Pope Francis said Saturday that we can never accept the mistreatment or suffering of children, who are Jesus' favorites, and need our protection for a hope-filled future.
"To see children suffer, wounds our hearts because children are Jesus' favorites. We can never accept that they are mistreated, that they are denied the right to live out their childhood peacefully and joyfully, that they are denied a future of hope," the Pope said Sept. 9.
"Jesus, however, never abandons those who suffer, much less you, boys and girls, who are his special ones."
Pope Francis spoke to children, caregivers and teachers during a visit to a children's home in the Boston neighborhood of Medellin.