Hope is not built on people's predictions, assurances or line of reasoning, Pope Francis said.
Real Christian hope "is not based on our word, but on God's Word" and promises of salvation and eternal life, the Pope said during his general audience in St Peter's Square on March 29.
Continuing a series of reflections on how the Apostle Paul describes the nature of Christian hope, the Pope looked at how Abraham's faith is held up as a model for everyone in the apostle's Letter to the Romans (4:16-25).
