Pope Francis has used a few important opportunities (listed at left) to encourage people to follow both the Beatitudes and the Man of the Beatitudes -- Pier Giorgio Frassati.
In Rio de Janeiro, Pope Francis asked the young people “with all my heart” to read the Beatitudes again and to make them the action plan for their lives: “Look, read the Beatitudes: that will do you good!” (cf. Meeting with the youth from Argentina gathered in the Cathedral of São Sebastião, 25 July 2013).