Pope celebrates 10th edition of the world meeting of families

Pope Francis says that Christ, through his passion and death, set people free from the slavery of self-centeredness, so that people can better love others.
“Freedom is something we receive,” he said.
“All of us are born with many forms of interior and exterior conditioning.
“Especially with a tendency to selfishness, to making ourselves the center of everything and being concerned only with our own interests.
Pope Francis delivered the homily at a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, the Vatican office which co-organized the 10th edition of the World Meeting of Families with the Diocese of Rome.
The gathering, attended by around 2,000 families, had the theme: “Family Love: A Vocation and a Path to Holiness.”
He advised parents “not to shield our children from the slightest hardship and suffering, but to try to communicate to them a passion for life, the passion to arouse in them the desire to discover their vocation and embrace the great mission that God has in mind for them.”