"Do not be afraid to live as Christians"

"Do not be afraid to live as Christians," to proclaim the Risen Christ, "because he has made peace with his love, his forgiveness, his mercy." The Pope Francis said this morning, the Second Sunday of Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday, before the recitation of the prayer of the "Regina Coeli" from the window of his study that 'St Peter's Square. In front of more than 80 thousand faithful, the Pope recalled that true peace comes from the experience of God's mercy, like St. Thomas, in the episode narrated in the Gospel of this Sunday. Jesus tells him. "Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed" and this, the Pontiff explained, is "the bliss of ...