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Pope Francis urges Church not to give in to 'pessimism'
Pope Francis (C), leading a mass at the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on March 14, 2013 a day after his election. AFP PHOTO
Posted Friday, March 15 2013 at 14:09
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He urged the cardinals to find "the courage to persevere and also to find new ways to bring evangelisation to the ends of the earth".
Pope Francis on Friday urged the Catholic Church not to give in to "pessimism" and to find new ways of spreading the faith "to the ends of the earth".
"Let us not give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day," he told a meeting of the world's cardinals.
He urged the cardinals to find "the courage to persevere and also to find new ways to bring evangelisation to the ends of the earth".
"We are elderly and old age holds the wisdom of life. Let us give this wisdom to young people like good wine that gets better over the years," he said.
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