Pope Francis spoke today at the Vatican with a group of young "youtubers" on four continents, all with hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers, and encouraged them to contribute to a better world with their videos, through a commitment to integration , dialogue and what unites us as human beings.
Francisco received in a private audience to young people, who asked advice on global problems such as harassment and discrimination and also about how to help a person suffering or is hopeless and how to use the influence it gives them to have many followers in YouTube to improve the world.
Then, at the close of the Sixth World Congress of Scholas Occurrentes, which participated this weekend in Rome young people from 190 countries, the Pope spoke in public with two of the stars of the video sharing platform YouTube and made them " confidences "" liability "has never occurred to him to resign as head of the Catholic Church.
He also said in response to one of the young creators of content to YouTube before being elected pope never occurred to him that could be him, but then God gave him "a peace that until this day" lasts.
Francisco stressed in his message to these "youtubers" affecting millions of people, to try to give their followers a sense of belonging, it is essential to have an identity belonging to a group, even if it is virtual.
"A person without identity has no future," said the pope, who also stressed the importance of "unity", which does not mean "uniformity", which is "typical of dictators" and encouraged to make use of "language gestures "when the words are useless or not enough.
On harassment he noted that encloses "a deep cruelty" and cruelty is at the base of the wars, and urged not to respond to provocations, to "tone down" and neutralize the aggressiveness with gentleness, calm and dialogue.
The meeting of the pope with "youtubers" was full of emotion, but also had moments of humor.
Brazilian Rafael Procopio, born in a favela in Rio de Janeiro and now a professor of mathematics YouTube, with 330,000 subscribers, touched the football vein Pope when asked if the famous goal of Maradona hand was really "God".
Francisco laughed aloud but did not answer and then when asked who was the best footballer, Maradona or Pele, he said both were "the same level".
Karen, the trio of Mexican brothers known as Polynesians, who have more than 11 million subscribers on YouTube, told Efe that during his visit to Rome has realized the enormous responsibility it is to have such a large audience.
"We must assert this influence," said the young Mexican woman, who opined that "youtubers" today met with the pope despite having different cultures, religions and ideas, "are in the same trench for a better place" .
Another "youtuber" million dollar (2.4 million subscribers) is Dulce Candy, a young American born in Mexico who served in the army in Iraq as a driver and vehicle mechanics and their videos teaches beauty tips, but also speaks in favor of that as she and her family they headed north in search of the "American dream".
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Argentine Lucas Castel, with 1.9 million followers and one of the most popular in your country thanks to videos that helps to overcome shyness and improve self-esteem comedians, what worries most is the increased harassment and and he made it known to Pope Francisco.
Also part of the group a young Muslim Syrian based in Dubai, Hayla, which was named "Ambassador of Change" by the UN, and an American, Matthew Perry, with popular channels dedicated to video games and topics such as politics and culture.
Italian Greta Menchi, which is known for its videos parodies, comments and music, and Jamie and Nikki, a couple of Australian and African who just had their first child and seeks to raise awareness of humanitarian affairs, also had the opportunity to talk to Francisco.
After the private hearing, "youtubers" joined the closing ceremony of the World Congress of Scholas Occurrentes, where they were also famous as the actress Salma Hayek with her husband and daughter, and actors Richard Gere, with his two children and his girlfriend and George Clooney, with his wife.
Scholas Occurrentes is a body created in 2013 by Francis Pope that seeks to change the world through youth and education, promoting an encounter in diversity and peace.
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