[PJ] In his homily during the daily Mass at the Vatican Tuesday, Pope Francis likened himself to the suffering Christ who was crucified because "the people were deceived by the powerful."Speaking from Casa Santa Marta in Vatican City, "the Dictator Pope"* went on to say that his response to the "Great Accuser" would (continue to) be "silence and prayer."
According to the Vatican News Service, "the Pope encouraged pastors to imitate Jesus in being near to people" rather than the powerful or ideologues who "poison souls."
While most Christians would say Christ's authority comes from God the Father, Pope Francis argued that it comes from the people because "he spent most of his time on the road, touching, embracing, listening and looking at the people in the eye."