Mexico: Pope tells seminarians 'don't be clerics of the State'

After celebrating the huge open-air Mass in Ecatepec yesterday, Pope Francis had lunch with students in the local Diocesan Seminary. During his visit he wrote a few lines in the school's Visitor's Book.

The complete text of the Message follows:

"Let all those who in this house are prepared for the priesthood, always keep foremost in their mind Jesus Christ, the Lord and His Holy Mother. And that they prepare themselves to be shepherds of the faithful people of God and not 'clerics of the state. Francis 14-2-16'"

A photo of the guestbook was sent out on social media by Father Antonio Spadaro, SJ, the editor-in-chief of the Jesuit magazine Civiltà Cattolica.

See: https://mobile.twitter.com/arochoju/status/698990833882628096/photo/1