00:00At the same time, there's been a certain narrative that has not been accurate in all of its aspects,
00:06but because of the political situation created when on the first day of the trip,
00:12the President of the United States made some comments about myself.
00:16Much of what has been written since then has been more commentary on commentary,
00:21trying to interpret what has been said.
00:25Just one little example, the talk that I gave at the prayer meeting for peace a couple days ago
00:33was prepared two weeks ago, well before the President ever commented on myself
00:39and on the message of peace that I am promoting.
00:43And yet, as it happens, it was looked at as if I was trying to debate against the President,
00:49which is not in my interest at all.
00:51So, we go on the journey, we continue proclaiming the Gospel message,
00:56and the texts of the Gospel we've been using through the liturgies
01:00give a number of different fantastic, beautiful aspects of what it's about to be Christian,
01:06of what it's about to follow Christ, of what it's about to promote fraternity and brotherhood,
01:11trusting in the Lord, but also looking for ways to promote justice in our world,
01:16promote peace in our world.
01:18So, with that note, I'm very happy to greet all of you,
01:21and thank you for the work that you're doing,
01:25and hope that the Lord will continue to bless all of us on this trip.
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