If it seems hard to find God in this world, it is because he chooses to be with the defeated and dejected and in places where most people are loath to go, Pope Francis said.
"God does not like to be loved the way a warlord would like, dragging his people to victory, debasing them in the blood of his enemies," the Pope said May 24 at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square.
The audience began just after Pope Francis had met U.S. President Donald Trump.
"Our God is a dim flame that burns on a cold and windy day, and, for as fragile as his presence seems in this world, he has chosen the place everyone disdains," Pope Francis told the crowd in the square.
