Pope Francis tells 'drowsy and dull' children to get off the sofa...

Pope Francis urged “drowsy and dull kids” to swap their sofas and video games for walking boots on Saturday at an international Catholic youth festival in Poland.

He warned sitting-room furniture gave the illusion of safety from pain, fear or worries, allowing the sitter to kick back and lose themselves for hours in the latest television show or their smartphones.

“For many people it is easier and better to have drowsy and dull kids who confuse happiness with a sofa,” he told an estimated one million people gathered at a vigil in a vast plain near Kraków.

“Dear young people, we didn’t come into the world to vegetate ... We came for another reason: to leave a mark,” he said.

“The times we live in do not call for young couch potatoes but for young people with shoes, or better, boots laced.” Full story...

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