Pope Francis says "cultivate" - "values inherent to sport, the values proper to sport: perseverance, sincerity, friendship, solidarity."
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GREETING OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRIA SKI ASSOCIATION,
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2025 SKI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Consistory Hall
Thursday, 10 October 2024
___________________________
Dear Monsignor Lackner,
Your Excellency,
Dear athletes, dear friends,
I warmly greet you, who have come here to the Vatican from Austria to meet the Successor of Peter.
Your homeland, rich in majestic mountains, offers excellent opportunities for Alpine sports. Your association Ski Austria, founded in 1905, aims to promote the various skiing activities at a national level, especially athletes in their excellent performances. I would like to encourage all of you to always cultivate in your commitment the values inherent to sport, the values proper to sport: perseverance, sincerity, friendship, solidarity. In this way you give your contribution to a more fraternal world – because sport creates brotherhood –, to sing, amidst the wonders of the nature of your country, the hymn of praise to the Creator.
May the Lord accompany you and may the guardian angels protect you from every danger. I pray for you and you pray for me. I beg you, beg you for me: This work is not easy! Many thanks.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRIA SKI ASSOCIATION,
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2025 SKI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Consistory Hall
Thursday, 10 October 2024
___________________________
Dear Monsignor Lackner,
Your Excellency,
Dear athletes, dear friends,
I warmly greet you, who have come here to the Vatican from Austria to meet the Successor of Peter.
Your homeland, rich in majestic mountains, offers excellent opportunities for Alpine sports. Your association Ski Austria, founded in 1905, aims to promote the various skiing activities at a national level, especially athletes in their excellent performances. I would like to encourage all of you to always cultivate in your commitment the values inherent to sport, the values proper to sport: perseverance, sincerity, friendship, solidarity. In this way you give your contribution to a more fraternal world – because sport creates brotherhood –, to sing, amidst the wonders of the nature of your country, the hymn of praise to the Creator.
May the Lord accompany you and may the guardian angels protect you from every danger. I pray for you and you pray for me. I beg you, beg you for me: This work is not easy! Many thanks.
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