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November 7, 2021 "Do not base your life on the cult of appearance, of exteriority, on the exaggerated care of one's image. And, above all, be careful not to bend faith to our interests; it is a warning for all times and for all, Church and society: never take advantage of one's role to crush others, never gain on the skin of the weakest ": Pope Francis affirmed this during the Angelus prayer, commenting on today's Gospel.



"How important it is to free the sacred from its bonds with money! But, at the same time, Jesus praises the fact that this widow throws everything she has into the treasury. She has nothing left, but she finds her everything in God.



He is not afraid of losing the little he has, because he trusts in the much of God, who multiplies the joy of those who give. Here then is that Jesus proposes her as a teacher of faith: she does not go to the Temple to clear her conscience, she does not pray to be seen, she does not flaunt her faith, but gives with her heart, with generosity and gratuitousness. His coins have a more beautiful sound than the great offers of the rich, because they express a life dedicated to God with sincerity, a faith that does not live on appearances but on unconditional trust. We learn from her: a faith without external trappings, but sincere inwardly; a faith made of humble love for God and for the brothers ", concluded the Pontiff.



Pope Francis then expressed his concern for the situation in the Horn of Africa and in particular in Ethiopia, launching an appeal for dialogue and peace;

finally, he recalled the victims of the fire that took place yesterday in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.