Along the internal stairs, near the bathing of the poor, the mother of the ambulance, the work of the Canadian artist Timothy Paul North was developed today
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Throughout the Colonade of the Plaza de San Pedro, near the poor, the mother of mercy, the facts that Pope Francis wanted to the most fragile people, a statue created by Canadian artist Timothy Paul North today.
The installation, entitled: “Be welcome”, is a visible explanation for a verse from the letter to the Hebrews: “Do not forget the hospitality; some, practice it, without knowing it, welcomed the angels” (Heb 13,2). This indicates a long journey, but calls himself to sit after that.
The poor become an angel
This stranger turns into an angel when he looks at the other side of the sculpture: his clothes are reduced, the bag that turns into wings and a cover in the hair. The purpose of sculpting the message in the Bible is remembered: We are all invited to open our hearts because only we can see others as they really are, and the people who have their humanity. During an audience held on November 13, 2024, Pope Francis recalled that “touching a poor man, attending a poor man, is a secret in the church.”
In fact, accompanying the homeless gives a “specific face to the gospel of love.” “A width of a shelter, a meal, and a smile, extends our hands without fear of the two gaps” dignity “and this touches” the heart of our world, and is often indifferent. “
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