Vatican City, Nov 22, 2016 / 11:48 am
Death and God's judgment should be on everyone's mind, but faithfulness to God will conquer our fears, Pope Francis has said.
"Fidelity to the Lord does not disappoint. If each one of us is faithful to the Lord, when death comes, we will say like Francis (of Assisi) 'come sister death...' we won't be afraid," the Pope said Nov. 22.
"And when the day of judgement comes, we will look at the Lord: 'Lord I have many sins but I have tried to be faithful.' And our Lord is good," he said.
"I give you this advice: 'be faithful until death – said the Lord – and I will give you the crown of life.' With this fidelity we won't be afraid of death, when we die we won't be afraid of the day of judgment."