VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians are called to follow the example of St. Therese of Lisieux, who helped draw people to Jesus by way of attraction, not by proselytizing, Pope Francis said.
[caption id="attachment_20578" align="alignright" width="194"] Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 5. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See POPE-AUDIENCE-MISSION Oct. 5, 2016.[/caption]
She was a reminder that an authentic witness is proclaimed through a union with Christ "in prayer, adoration and in concrete charity, which is serving Jesus, who is present in the least of our brothers and sisters," he said Oct. 5 during his weekly general audience.
Among the estimated 25,000 in St. Peter's Square were 33 former prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp, whom he greeted after the audience and posed for pictures.
Addressing the former prisoners and Polish pilgrims present, he said the day's feast of St. Faustina Kowalska "reminded the world that God is rich in mercy and that his love is more powerful than death, than sin and every evil."
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