At the Angelus, Pope Francis asks all Lebanese, "especially the young", to seek "the right solutions in dialogue" and "for the benefit of the whole Middle Eastern region that suffers so greatly". In the month of October pray the Rosary for the missionaries and for peace. The just concluded Synod was "a journey together ... to live of Jesus, to live of the Gospel" and "to go out of oneself".
At the concluding Mass for the Amazon Synod, Pope Francis traces the three possible styles of prayer: the Pharisee, the tax collector, the poor man. In addition to the synod fathers, representatives of the Amazon Indian communities were present, with their faces painted in celebration, headdresses of multicolored feathers, elaborate necklaces. There are people who call themselves "Catholics", but in reality they are followers of the "religion of the I", who have forgotten they are "Christian and human". "We are a bit tax collector... and a bit Pharisee”.