Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience ... today we meet a biblical figure—and old man—named Eleazar, who lived at the time of the persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes.

On Tuesday, Pope Francis blasted what he has often referred to as "ideological colonization," which he said is a sin against God that leads to persecution. This persecution can have both spiritual ...

Eleazar, faced with this phenomenon arising ... Creator because it wants to change Creation as it was made by Him,” Francis added. “And against this fact that has occurred so often in history ...