Pope recommends lower holiday travel fares to reunite families
April 17, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: In the monthly papal question-and-answer column in Piazza San Pietro magazine, a Sicilian mother whose children work elsewhere suggested that lower travel fares around the holidays could help reunite families.
Such a lowering of fares, “at least for the Christmas and Easter holidays,” would “be an act of humanity and brotherhood, to which the world of economics and business is also called,” the Pope wrote in his response.
At the same time, “we can use video calls, during which we can also pray together at a distance, discuss the Word of God, and grow in communion,” the Pope added. “It cannot be the rule, but in some cases, we can use these new tools.”
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