Vatican City, Mar 20, 2020 / 05:01 am (CNA).- Pope Francis spoke Friday about the importance of returning to God, the loving Father, in the sacrament of reconciliation.

“But think of this: to return to God is to return to the embrace, the embrace of a father,” the pope said March 20.

“He is capable of transforming us, he is capable of changing the heart, but he wants to give us the first step: to return,” he said. “It is not going to God, no: it is returning home.”