(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 05.01.2024).- On the morning of Wednesday, May 1st, Pope Francis presided over the general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall in Vatican City. The audience was moved to that location at the last minute due to rain. The catechesis during the general audience focused on the theological virtue of faith. It was the 17th catechesis in the cycle on vices and virtues that Pope Francis has been developing. Below is the text in english of the Pope’s catechesis:
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Today I would like to talk about the virtue of faith. Together with charity and hope, this virtue is described as theologal. There are three theologal virtues: faith, hope and charity. Why are they theologal? Because they can be lived – this virtue, the three theologal virtues – only thanks to the gift of God. The three theologal virtues are the great gifts that God gives to our moral capacity. Without them, we could be prudent, just, strong and temperate, but we would not have eyes that see even in the dark, we would not have a heart that loves even when it is not loved, we would not have a hope that dares against all hope.