« The Marian apparitions? Do not look there , because that is an instrument of Marian devotion which is not always true . Sometimes they are images of the person. There are images of the Madonna that are true, but the Madonna has never attracted us. I like to see Our Lady like this, with her finger pointing upwards, pointing to Jesus. When Marian devotion is too centered in itself, it's not good, whether it is centered on Our Lady or on the one who sees». Pope Francis said this when answering a question during an interview with the program "In His Image".

Again during the broadcast conducted by Lorena Bianchetti, Bergoglio spoke of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine: «This is a story as old as humanity: with peace one always gains, perhaps little, but one does. With war, everything is lost, everything, and the so-called gains are losses", underlined the pontiff, launching a new "call for peace".

(Unioneonline/lf)

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