“Herod wants to defend his power, his own skin, with ruthless cruelty... He was a cruel man: to solve problems, he had just one answer: to kill. He is the symbol of many tyrants of yesteryear and of today.”(1/5)
~Pope Francis, Dec. 29 Wednesday Audience
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~Pope Francis, Dec. 29 Wednesday Audience
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“For these tyrants, people do not count; power is what counts, and if they need space for power, they do away with people. And this happens today: we do not need to look at ancient history, it happens today.” (2/5)
“He is the man who becomes a ‘wolf’ for other men. History is full of figures who, living at the mercy of their fears, try to conquer them by exercising power despotically and carrying out inhuman acts of violence.” (3/5)
“But we must not think that we live according to Herod's outlook only if we become tyrants, no … We too have in our heart the possibility of becoming little Herods.” (4/5)
“[St.] Joseph is the opposite of Herod: first of all, he is ‘a just man’ (Mt 1:19), and Herod is a dictator… Herod and Joseph are two opposing characters, reflecting the two ever-present faces of humanity.” (5/5)
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