Saints are precious pearls and are
always alive and timely, Pope Francis told a Vatican symposium
on "Holiness Today" Thursday, according to Vatican News.
Francis insisted that "the saints are precious pearls; they are
always alive and timely," and "never lose their importance."
The Pope expressed his hope that "their example enlighten the
minds of the women and men of our time, reviving faith,
enlivening hope and kindling charity, so that everyone may feel
drawn to the beauty of the Gospel, and no one may wander amid
the gloom of meaninglessness and despair."
He concluded his address with the "prayerful hope that the
insights and proposals of your Symposium will assist the Church,
and society as a whole, to perceive the signs of holiness that
the Lord never ceases to raise up, at times even in the most
unthinkable of ways."
The symposium, promoted by the Dicastery for the Causes of
Saints, is focusing on the topic of "Holiness Today," and
"represents a strategy" chosen by the Dicastery "to deepen the
pathways for the actualization and updating of holiness today."
Specifically, the three-day conference is intended to identify
"who and how" to canonize those faithful who have a certain
reputation for holiness in the People of God.
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