Pope Francis Taught Me That Self-Sacrifice For Others Is The Best Way To Serve God – Godswill Akpabio

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has come out to say that poverty is not a crime.

He recently had his say while speaking from Rome after attending the funeral of Pope Francis, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, having found out that Pope Francis was worth only $100 when he died, he is now fully aware that the best way to worship God is through self-sacrifice for others.

Akpabio added that poverty can be a virtue sometimes, and regardless of whatever we own, we must always be able to share with our brothers and sisters.

His words, “When you look at the Catholic Church, the Catholic Church is not just a church. The Vatican is also regarded as a state. You have the head of state that d!ed and was buried today… heading over 1.5 billion people around the world.

You have a man who d!ed as a man today, the Pope, who was worth only $100, showing that we cannot worship God in splendour.

The best way to worship God is through self-sacrifice for others.

The message is very clear that Nigerians should love one another. Poverty is not a crime and that poverty could sometimes be a virtue, a virtue of God. Whatever you have, you should be able to share with your brothers and sisters, especially during this Easter period.”

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Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is, as the bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936 in Flores, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires. He was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio (1908–1959) and Regina María Sívori (1911–1981). Mario Bergoglio was an Italian immigrant accountant born in Portacomaro (Province of Asti) in Italy’s Piedmont region.

Regina Sívori was a housewife born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genoese) origin.