"The great saints lived the Gospel without regard for politics."

Pope Francis celebrated Mass with the presidents of the European Bishops' Conferences whom he encouraged during the Mass to devote less energy to sterile criticism and to follow the Gospel after the example of great saints such as St. Francis or St. Dominic of Guzman, St. Catherine of Siena, Cyril and Methodius or Padre Pio.

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