Slovakia, the thrust of Francis: “Never reduce the crucifix to a political symbol”

PRESOV (SLOVAKIA) – “Let us not reduce the cross to an object of devotion, much less to a political symbol, a sign of religious and social relevance ”. During the Divine Byzantine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom presided over in the square of the Mestská športová hala in Prešov in front of 40 thousand people, Francesco he uses harsh words against the ostentation of religious symbols that political leaders and even fundamentalist faithful of the sacred all over Europe carry out showing a basic ignorance of the evangelical message.