The food is not a private property

Pope Francis asked yesterday to think of the many "hungry children" in the world and warned that "food is not a private property" during the general audience that held on St. Peter's Square.

"We think of the children of the countries at war: the starving children of Yemen, the starving children of Syria, the hungry children of many countries where there is no bread in South Sudan, we think of these children and Let's think together, we say aloud the prayer: "Father, give us today the bread of every day," he said.

"How many mothers and fathers, even today, sleep with the torment of not having enough bread for their children tomorrow!" We imagine that this prayer is recited not in the safety of a comfortable apartment, but in the precariousness of a room in which we adapt where there is not enough life ", he declared.

Francisco pointed out that "food is not a property, that we enter well in the head, but a providence to share with the grace of God".

In the greetings in Spanish, he prayed the Lord "not to make us miss our daily bread and to help us understand that it is not a private property but, aided by his grace, it is a providence to share and an opportunity to meet others, especially the poor and the needy. "

Meanwhile, the Vatican announced yesterday that Francisco will visit Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius between 4 and 9 September, at the invitation of their respective state leaders and bishops. This will be his fourth trip to Africa.