ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO “LAZARE” ASSOCIATION

[…] I urge you all to remain faithful to your goals. Today, more than ever, we
need to build a world, a society of fraternal and full of life relationships. Because
“actions have their source in a union increasingly directed towards others,
considering them of value, worthy, pleasing and beautiful apart from their
physical or moral appearances. Our love for others, for who they are, moves us
to seek the best for their lives. Only by cultivating this way of relating to one
another will we make possible a social friendship that excludes no-one and a
fraternity that is open to all” (Encyclical Fratelli tutti, 94). I therefore invite you
to be witnesses, witnesses of God’s mercy and goodness.
I entrust each one of you and your families, as well as the members of the
Association, to the intercession of the Virgin Mary and Saint Lazarus, and I
cordially impart to you the apostolic blessing. Please do not forget to pray for
me.