"People in need deserve more love from us than the animals do, Pope Francis has said.
"In off-the-cuff remarks Saturday, he said: 'How often do we see people greatly attached to cats, to dogs,' but fail to 'help their neighbor, their neighbor who is in need... This will not do'....
"The pontiff explained that piety, or 'pietà ' – which in Italian can also be translated as compassion, pity, or mercy – should not 'be confused with compassion which we feel for the animals who live with us.'
"'It happens, in fact, that at times one feels this sentiment toward animals, and remains indifferent to the suffering of one's brothers and sisters,' he added....
Pope Francis centered Saturday's catechesis on piety with regard to those "who need love." Piety is an aspect of mercy, and one of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit, he said....
"...we must be careful not to identify piety with that pietism, fairly widespread, which is only a superficial emotion and which offends the dignity of others,' he said.
"The pontiff cited the many instances in the Gospel in which persons who were sick, possessed, in poverty, or otherwise afflicted would call on Jesus to 'Have mercy' ('Abbi pietà ' in Italian)....
"Pope Francis said 'we too are called to cultivate' attitudes of compassion when confronted with situations which shake us from 'the indifference that prevents us from recognizing the needs of our brothers and sisters,' and free us from the 'slavery of material goods.'
"He concluded his catechesis by invoking the example of Mary, who 'cares for each of her children and for us believers,' and who is 'the icon of piety.'"
http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=13668
Also see:
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/05/14/piety_is_like_pity,_says_pope_francis/1229791#
"In off-the-cuff remarks Saturday, he said: 'How often do we see people greatly attached to cats, to dogs,' but fail to 'help their neighbor, their neighbor who is in need... This will not do'....
"The pontiff explained that piety, or 'pietà ' – which in Italian can also be translated as compassion, pity, or mercy – should not 'be confused with compassion which we feel for the animals who live with us.'
"'It happens, in fact, that at times one feels this sentiment toward animals, and remains indifferent to the suffering of one's brothers and sisters,' he added....
Pope Francis centered Saturday's catechesis on piety with regard to those "who need love." Piety is an aspect of mercy, and one of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit, he said....
"...we must be careful not to identify piety with that pietism, fairly widespread, which is only a superficial emotion and which offends the dignity of others,' he said.
"The pontiff cited the many instances in the Gospel in which persons who were sick, possessed, in poverty, or otherwise afflicted would call on Jesus to 'Have mercy' ('Abbi pietà ' in Italian)....
"Pope Francis said 'we too are called to cultivate' attitudes of compassion when confronted with situations which shake us from 'the indifference that prevents us from recognizing the needs of our brothers and sisters,' and free us from the 'slavery of material goods.'
"He concluded his catechesis by invoking the example of Mary, who 'cares for each of her children and for us believers,' and who is 'the icon of piety.'"
http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=13668
Also see:
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/05/14/piety_is_like_pity,_says_pope_francis/1229791#
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