Gratitude that overflows, prayer that unites us! Pope Francis The Pope of mercy Our Friend “Gratitude is the language of married souls” (AE). In the face of the Easter of our beloved Pope Francis, our hearts can only react with praise and gratitude for his twelve years of pontificate, in which he left the Church a living legacy of mercy. For us, the Shalom Catholic Community, Francis left deep marks: his welcome, his joy, his love for God, for the poor and, in a special way, those who are our primacy: the young! Pope Francis was the first pontiff to welcome us in a private audience. There were more than five official meetings with the Community, in which he not ...