People need to experience God's forgiveness and start learning how to forgive others, Pope Francis has said during day-long visit to Assisi.
"Too many people are caught up in resentment and harbour hatred because they are incapable of forgiving," the Pope said during an afternoon visit to the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels.
Before speaking about the importance of Confession and forgiveness, Pope Francis set a bouquet of red and white roses on the altar and prayed silently for 10 minutes in the Porziuncola, a stone chapel in the middle of the basilica.
