The most popular christian on earth, Pope Francis, urged the general christian community not to be afraid of people with tattoos while speaking at The Vatican, ahead of the synod which is focused around the topic “Young People, Faith and the Discernment of Vocation”.
He urged the elders in the church to see tattooed youths as interesting people and not scary sinful perspective we have always used to relate with them.
Citing an example of Christian girls in Eritrea where a tattoo of a cross on their forehead were used as a symbol of beauty and religious faith, Pope Francis said:”The Eritreans for years made the cross here (the forehead). Also today we see them. The cross was tattooed. Don’t be afraid of tattoos. Tattoos often signify membership in a community. ‘You young man, that you’re tattooed like that, what are you looking for?’ In this tattoo, which community membership are you expressing? It’s important not to be scared. With young people, one should never be scared. Never. Because always, even behind the things that are not so good, there is something that will bring us to some truth.”
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