Can I borrow your phone? I’m trying to reach some Nuns!
Pope Francis likes to keep in touch and reach out to the people. Since becoming Pope, he has made a number of unannounced phone calls to unsuspecting people at various times.
So, Pope Francis decided to make another one of his cold calls, this time to wish a group of nuns in a Spanish convent a Happy New Year. What he got was their answering machine instead.
“What are the nuns doing that they can’t answer the phone?” Francis asked in the message he left, the recording of which was obtained by Spain’s El Mundo newspaper and broadcast on Italian media Saturday.
“This is Pope Francis. I wanted to offer you greetings for the end of the year. Maybe I’ll try to call again later. May God bless you,” he said.
Francis has made a habit of calling people out of the blue, often checking in with ordinary folk who have written him about their hardships. He places the calls himself, as evidenced by the message.
God Bless the Pope who wants to reach out and touch someone; by phone!
Maybe I’ll just send them a message by airmail instead!
