Vatican City, May 12, 2020 / 05:30 am (CNA).- The world offers peace like it is something to possess within ourselves; instead, God’s peace is a gift which opens us to others and points toward heaven, Pope Francis said at Mass Tuesday.

Peace “is not anesthesia,” the pope said May 12. “You anesthetize yourself with the things of the world and when the dose of this anesthesia ends take another and another and another…”