Timo Soini remembers his meeting with the Pope: « Great moment in his own life »
Pope|Former Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini met Pope Francis in 2019. He describes the meeting as joyful.
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Former Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini remembers his meeting with Pope Francis in 2019.
Soini describes the meeting as a joyful fun and says the Pope has demonstrated genuine presence and compassion.
Soini says she admired in Franciscus that she did not like the world’s leaders.
News pope Franciscus Death was to the former Finnish Foreign Minister of Finland For Timo Soini A stunning moment. It is sad to say goodbye, but at the same time Soini is grateful for the work done by Franciscus.
88-year-old Franciscus suffered a long time from health problems and was recently in hospital for more than five weeks due to pneumonia. On Sunday, however, he participated in the traditional Urb et Orbi in the Vatican.
« It was a man’s departure on the boots, » Soini, one of Finland’s most famous Catholics, says.
Soini He warmly remembers the moment when he was able to meet the Pope personally. It happened in the late February 2019 season of Soini Foreign Ministerial Age.
The meeting was absolutely fun, Soini recalls.
« I don’t remember the word anymore, but something was joked and it felt very smiling, » he says.
Meeting It only took a short time, but it conveyed the sincere heat of Franciscus.
« He met people with a constant feed, but he had a unique ability to be present. He showed interest and compassion, it did pass. It was a great moment in his own life. »
Soini also remembers the Pope clearly known and known Finland and the fact that the Finnish Foreign Minister was Catholic. Franciscus also did not expect others to bow in front of him.
« I knew he didn’t particularly like kissing and poking the ring, and then I didn’t do it even if I had done it, » Soini says.
Soini says that he admired in Franciscus that he himself did not like the world leaders.
“He didn’t take the world’s awesome, not better Trump than Even. He was always against war and dared to say. I guess there is no great power leader that he didn’t get angry, ”says Soini.
« He did not take the instructions and did not become anyone’s speaker. »
Soini He even describes the mission of the Pope as inhumane, as the pope is subjected to so many expectations and wishes. However, Franciscus survived his mission in the cross -walnut of different requirements, he says.
« There was a great power in him that he held on to the faith of the Church in everything, but he was still humane. »
Soini emphasizes how strongly Franciscus defended marginalized and less. Still, he did not flex from the doctrines of the Catholic Church.
« Things like a female priesthood, abortion, euthanasia, a man and a woman’s marriage, you can’t change them. It’s a useless expectation. But she could say that still love these people. »
