“The Pope wants me to go out in person to help the needy”
Archbishop Konrad Krajewski speaks to Vatican newspaper “L’Osservatore Romano” about his new role as Francis’ Almoner: he is to go out to the sick and homeless to pass on the Pope’s embrace
When Pope Francis appointed him his Almoner, he said: “You aren’t going to be an office bishop and I don’t want to see you standing behind me during mass. I want to see you among the people. You will bring my caress to the poor and the less-privileged. When I was in Buenos Aires I would often go out in the evenings to meet my poor. Now I can’t, it’s difficult for me to leave the Vatican. So you’re going to do it for me, you will be the extension of my heart that reaches them and brings them the heavenly Father’s smile and mercy.”