APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS IN BUDAPEST, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONCLUSIVE HOLY MASS OF THE 52nd INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS, AND IN SLOVAKIA (12-15 SEPTEMBER 2021) PRIVATE VISIT TO THE "BETHLEHEM CENTER" "Bethlehem Center" (Bratislava) Monday, September 13, 2021

Off-the-cuff words of the Holy Father Good evening to you all! I am happy to visit you, to be among you, I am very happy. Thank you for receiving me! And I thank the Sisters so much for the work they do, work of welcoming, of help, of accompaniment. Thank you very much! I thank the mothers, the fathers who are here with the boys; and I thank all the guys for being here right now. And the Lord is with us too: when we are together, so happy, the Lord is with us. He is with us even when we have moments of trial: he never abandons us, the Lord is always close to us. We can see it and we can not see it, but it always accompanies us on the journey of life: do not forget this, especially in bad moments. And thank you very much, thank you very much!