Pope Francis warned yesterday (06) that many young people “they are on social networks, but they are not very sociable", living like "prisoners of their cell phones", and appealed to them to meet and not to close,
"We run the risk of forgetting who we are, obsessed by thousands of appearances, by overwhelming messages that make life depend on the clothes we wear, the car we drive, the way others look at us.“, warned Francis, in the sports hall of the International School of Saint Dionysius of the Ursuline Nuns of Athens, speaking to young people, teachers and religious, at a meeting in Athens, Greece.
Pope Francis advised young people to recognize their own worth, for what they are and not for what they have.
"You don't have value because of the brand of clothes or shoes you wear, but because you are unique, you are unique“, warned Pope Francis.
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The Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church gave an example of the passage from Homer's Odyssey, namely when the character Ulysses meets the sirens during his journey and they attract the sailors with their songs to make them crash against the reefs.
Today's Sirensthey want to hypnotize you with seductive and insistent messages"and "aim at easy profit, the false needs of consumerism, the cult of physical well-being, fun at all costs“, He added.
"Do you want to do something new in life? Do you want to rejuvenate🇧🇷 asked Pope Francis.
"Don't settle for publishing a 'post' or a 'tweet'. Don't settle for virtual encounters, look for real ones, especially with those who need you; do not seek visibility, but seek the invisible. This is original, this is revolutionary“He said.
According to the leader of the Catholic Church, currently many young people “they are on social networks, but they are not very sociable, closed in on themselves, prisoners of the cell phone they have in their hands. The other is missing on the screen, your eyes, your breath, your hands“, reinforced.
"The screen easily becomes a mirror, where you think you are in front of the world, but in reality you are alone in a virtual world full of appearances, of photos altered to always be beautiful and in shape", said.
The Pope asked them to leave "your comfort zones"because, although"make it easier to sit on the couch in front of the television", That is "something old".
"Being young is reacting, opening up when you feel lonely, looking for others when you are tempted to close yourself off.“, He added.
To young people, the Pope gave one last piece of advice: “Dream big! And dream together! Even if there is always someone who tells you: 'Let it be, don't risk it, it's useless🇧🇷 The Pope considered the latter “as annihilators of dreams, killers of hope, incurable nostalgic for the past".
