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POPE FRANCIS
MORNING MEDITATION IN THE CHAPEL OF THE
DOMUS SANCTAE MARTHAE
The devil exists
Friday, 11 April 2014
(by L'Osservatore Romano, Weekly ed.
in English, n.
Pope's throne room in the vatican
16, 18 April 2014)
In his homily at Holy Mass, Pope Francis focused his reflection on the Christian's battle against Satan and the reality of the devil in the world today. “The devil also exists in the 21st century, and we need to learn from the Gospel how to battle against him”; and we must not be “naive” about his ways.
In fact, he said, we need to be very aware of the strategies he employs to entrap us. For the devil is not a thing of the past.
In his comments Pope Francis spoke explicitly about our “battle” with the father of lies.
Vatican artifactsEven “Jesus’ life was a battle: he came to conquer evil, to conquer the prince of this world, to conquer the devil”. Jesus battled against the devil, who many times sought to tempt him. “During his earthly life, he experienced temptation and persecution”.
Thus
