>> STATION THIS IS HOUSTON.
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS EVENT?
>> HOUSTON STATION, WE ARE READY
FOR THE EVENT.
>> STATION THIS IS THE VATICAN.
HOW CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> VATICAN, THIS IS SPACE
STATION.
WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
I NOW HAND OVER TO HOPE FRANCIS.
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU ALL.
>> HELLO, WELCOME TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE ARE THE CREW OF THE 52, 53
SPACE STATION.
>> Translator: HELLO, GOOD
EVENING.
>> I CANNOT HEAR.
[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]
>> Translator: IT IS A PLEASURE
TO MEET YOU, AND I THANK YOU FOR
ORGANIZING THIS MEETING IN
ADDRESSING THE CREW, I WOULD
LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
QUESTION.
AS YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING THE
[ INAUDIBLE ] OF THE UNIVERSE
THAT MAKES US THINK ABOUT WHERE
WE HAVE COME FROM AND WHERE
WE'RE GOING.
IN LIGHT OF YOUR EXPERIENCES IN
SPACE, WHAT IS YOUR -- WHAT ARE
YOUR THOUGHTS REGARDING THE
SPACE [ INAUDIBLE ] OF THE
UNIVERSE.
>> Translator: HOLY, FATHER THIS
IS A COMPLEX QUESTION.
WE -- I FEEL LIKE [ INAUDIBLE ]
EXPERIMENTS [ INAUDIBLE ]
EQUIPMENT [ INAUDIBLE ] MUCH
MORE INTERNAL QUESTIONS OF WHERE
WE COME FROM, I REMAIN RATHER
PERPLEXED.
IT IS A MOMENT THAT IS A
DELICATE DISCOURSE, BECAUSE I
THINK THAT OUR OBJECTIVE HERE IS
THAT OF KNOWING OUR -- OUR BEING
AND TO FILL OUR KNOWLEDGE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AROUND US,
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND AN
INTERESTING THING IS THAT THE
MORE WE KNOW, THE MORE WE
REALIZE HOW LITTLE WE KNOW.
I WOULD WISH SO MUCH THAT PEOPLE
LIKE YOURSELF, NOT ONLY
ENGINEERS, AND PHYSICISTS, BUT
PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF, CAN ALSO
[ INAUDIBLE ] THIS CERTAINLY IS
WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD PROVIDE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU HERE TO
EXPLORE WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A
HUMAN BEING IN SPACE.
WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A HUMAN
BEING IN SPACE.
>> Translator: WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING IS TRUE.
IN THIS HALL, FROM WHICH I'M
SPEAKING TO YOU, YOU -- WE HAVE
AS YOU CAN SEE AN ARTISTIC REN A
DECISION OF WHICH IS BASED ON
THE DIVINE COMEDY THAT LOVE
MOVES US TOWARDS THE STARS.
WHAT SENSE DOES THIS STATEMENT
HAVE FOR YOU AS ENGINEERS?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
REFERRING TO AS LOVE THE FORCE
THAT MOVES THE UNIVERSE?
>> Translator: HOLY FATHER I
WOULD LIKE MY COLLEAGUE,
ALEXANDER TO SPEAK TO YOU ALSO
IN RUSSIAN.
THANK YOU.
>> Translator: GOOD MORNING,
YOUR HOLINESS.
IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION,
AND OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE MUCH
MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS FOR US
AND FOR EVERYONE, BUT IF YOU ASK
ME, JUST A SIMPLE MAN, I WANT TO
TELL YOU THAT NOW HERE IN MY
FREE TIME, I LISTEN TO AUDIO
BOOKS, AND ONE OF THEM IS CALLED
"THE LITTLE PRINCE," AND THE
BEST EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS LOVE IS
PERHAPS SHOWN IN THIS BOOK,
BECAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE BOY,
AND HE WAS READY TO GIVE UP HIS
LIFE TO RETURN AND TO PROTECT
AND TO CARE AND TO LOVE FOR HIS
ONE AND ONLY FLOWER, THE
CREATURE THAT WAS CLOSEST TO
HIM.
AND THIS IS LOVE IN MY
UNDERSTANDING.
THANK YOU.
>> Translator: HOLY FATHER, I
HOPE THAT WE [ INAUDIBLE ]
RUSSIAN, YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE A
TRANSLATION, WE HAVE TO SORT OF
SUMMARIZE IT RAPIDLY.
>> Translator: TO QUICKLY AND
RAPIDLY SUMMARIZE.
>> Translator: MY COLLEAGUE
ALEXANDER [ INAUDIBLE ] IN
RUSSIAN, WHICH I WILL NOW
TRANSLATE A LITTLE BIT, QUICKLY,
HERE.
HE MAKES REFERENCE TO A BOOK HE
IS READING THESE DAYS
[ INAUDIBLE ] TO REFLECT THE
PRINCIPAL OF [ INAUDIBLE ] HE
REFERS TO THE STORY OF THE BOY
WHO -- WHO WILLINGLY, OR WOULD
WILLINGLY GIVE HIS LIFE TO BE
ABLE TO RETURN SAFE
[ INAUDIBLE ] PLANTS AND ANIMALS
ON EARTH.
AND IN SUBSTANCE THE
LOVE -- LOVE IS THE FORCE WHICH
GIVES HIM THE CAPACITY TO GIVE
YOUR LIFE FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
>> Translator: I LIKE THAT
RESPONSE, AND IT IS TRUE.
WITHOUT LOVE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE
[ INAUDIBLE ] LOVE FOR SOMEONE
ELSE.
THAT IS TRUE.
WE CAN SAY THAT [ INAUDIBLE ]
YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD AN IMPORTANT
ASPECT [ INAUDIBLE ] POETIC
MANNER EXPLAINS VERY MUCH TO US
THAT YOU, THE RUSSIANS HAVE IN
YOUR BLOOD, IN YOUR HUMANISTIC
QUALITIES AS WELL AS RELIGIOUS.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL THING, AND I
THANK YOU FOR IT.
>> Translator: ONE THING I'M
CURIOUS ABOUT, YOU SAY THAT ONLY
[ INAUDIBLE ] ARE CURIOUS.
WE MEN ALSO ARE CURIOUS
[ INAUDIBLE ].
WHAT MOTIVATED DO YOU BECOME
ASTRONAUTS?
WHAT IS THE MAIN THING THAT
GIVES YOU JOY IN THE TIME THAT
YOU HAVE IN THE SPACE STATION
[ INAUDIBLE ]?
>> Translator: HOLY FATHER, I
WILL GIVE THE MICROPHONE TO TWO
COLLEAGUES [ INAUDIBLE ] THE
RUSSIAN AND TO RANDY BRESNIK THE
AMERICAN COLLEAGUE.
>> WE ARE REPRESENTING HERE
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, DIFFERENT
PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF OUR PLANET.
AND EACH OF US HAS ITS OWN
STORY, ITS OWN WAY TO BECOME
ASTRONAUT AND ITS OWN HISTORY.
MY STORY STARTED WITH MY
GRANDFATHER, WHO WAS MAIN CHIEF
ENGINEER IN THE -- PARTICIPATED
IN THE FIRST MAN-BUILT SATELLITE
SPUTNIK, AND FOR ME IT'S GREAT
HONOR TO CONTINUE WHAT HE WAS
DOING TO FULFILL HIS TREATMENTS,
BECAUSE SPACE FLIGHTS IS FUTURE
FOR HUMANITY, AND SPACE FLIGHT
IS ALWAYS FRONTIER FOR NEW
TECHNOLOGIES, NEW SCIENCE, AND
NEW APPROACHES.
>> Translator: [ INAUDIBLE ]
INSPIRATION WAS HIS GRANDFATHER.
HIS GRANDFATHER WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST PIONEERS IN SPACE.
HE WORKED ON THE FIRST SATELLITE
THAT FLEW AROUND THE EARTH.
SO HE WAS INSPIRED BY HIS
GRANDFATHER.
HE WANTED TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE,
BECAUSE [ INAUDIBLE ] AND
BEAUTIFUL, BUT ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT FOR US AS HUMAN
BEINGS.
>> AND YOUR HOLINESS, IN MY
PERSONAL OPINION WHAT GIVES ME
THE GREATEST JOY EVERY DAY IS TO
BE ABLE TO LOOK OUTSIDE AND SEE
GOD'S INSPIRATION MAYBE A LITTLE
BIT FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE.
PEOPLE CANNOT COME UP HERE AND
SEE THE INDESCRIBABLE BEAUTY OF
OUR EARTH AND NOT BE TOUCHED IN
THEIR SOULS.
>> Translator: [ INAUDIBLE ]
AMAZING PERSPECTIVE
[ INAUDIBLE ] A LITTLE BIT EYES
AS GOD WOULD SEE AND TO THE SEE
THE BEAUTY AND THE INCREDIBLE
NATURE OF THIS PLANET.
>> AS WE SEE THE PEACE AND
SERENITY OF OUR PLANET AS IT
GOES AROUND, AND THERE'S NO
BORDERS OR CONFLICT.
IT'S JUST PEACEFUL, AND YOU SEE
THE THINNESS OF THE ATMOSPHERE,
AND IT MAKES YOU REALIZE HOW
FRAGILE OUR EXISTENCE IS.
AND AS WE WORK HERE ON THE SPACE
STATION AND OUR INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERSHIP, WE HOPE THAT
EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE
TOGETHER IS AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL
OF HUMANITY, SO AS WE WORK TO
GET MORE ACCESS TO SPACE AND
MORE PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT
PERSPECTIVE FROM SPACE, THAT
MAYBE HUMANITY'S FUTURE IS A LOT
BETTER THAN THE ONE WE HAVE NOW.
>> Translator: [ NO
TRANSLATION ]
>> Translator: THIS RESPONSE,
WHICH I LIKED SO MUCH, WHICH THE
TWO OF YOU HAVE SAID
[ INAUDIBLE ] TO EXPLAIN THIS.
YOU WENT TO YOUR GRANDFATHER,
AND YOU COME FROM AMERICA, HAVE
SUCCEEDED IN UNDERSTANDING
[ INAUDIBLE ] IS TOO FRAGILE.
IT IS A MOMENT THAT PASSES.
SIX KILOMETERS PER SECOND, IT'S
A VERY FRAGILE THING, VERY FINE
AND THIN ATMOSPHERE, THAT IS SO
CAPABLE OF -- OF DESTROYING
ITSELF, OF DOING [ INAUDIBLE ]
THINGS, AND YOU WENT UP AND YOU
SAW WITH THE EYES OF GOD, YOUR
GRANDFATHER AND GOD, OUR
[ INAUDIBLE ] AND OUR HOPE AND
OUR STRENGTH.
WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET OUR
ROOTS.
IT DOES ME GOOD TO HEAR THIS,
AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> Translator: THE VATICAN,
SPACE STATION, ARE YOU THERE?
FROM THE VATICAN TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER -- OR
SPACE STATION.
ARE YOU THERE?
>> THIS IS THE SPACE STATION.
HOW CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU, JULES WE
THOUGHT WE LOST YOU FOR A WHILE.
>> OKAY.
>> PLEASURE IN SPACE CAN BRING
TO OUR VIEW, SOME OF THE THINGS
WE TAKE FOR GRANTED ON EARTH.
WE WANT TO ASK YOU IN
PARTICULAR, THAT REALLY
[ INAUDIBLE ] SPACE STATION HAS
[ INAUDIBLE ] AND YOU CAN TELL
US SOMETHING THAT HAS STRUCK
YOU,ESS SPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU
FOUND CONFIRMATION THERE AS WELL
IN SUCH A DIFFERENT CONTEXT.
>> Translator: THANK YOU, HOLY
FATHER FOR THIS QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE MY AMERICAN
COLLEAGUE MARK VANDE HEI TO
SPEAK.
>> HOLY FATHER WHAT SURPRISED ME
IS HOW APPROACHING SOMETHING
FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE CAN
MAKE SOMETHING THAT IS VERY
FAMILIAR SEEM UNRECOGNIZABLE.
SOMETIMES WHEN I'M WORKING ON
SOMETHING VERY CLOSE TO ME, I'LL
GET FOCUSED ON THAT, AND NOT
REALIZE THAT I HAVE ROTATED IT
AROUND, THEN WHEN I GO TO
ANOTHER MODULE, WHEN I APPROACH
IT FROM A DIFFERENT SIDE THAT I
DIDN'T EXPECT, THAT
PLACE -- IT'S KIND OF UNSETTLING
AT FIRST WHEN I'M TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE I AM.
[ TRANSLATING ]
>> SO THAT'S BEEN VERY
INTERESTING.
WHAT HAS BEEN SURPRISING TO ME
THAT HASN'T CHANGED IS THAT IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE
TO -- WE DON'T REALLY NEED THE
CONCEPT OF UP AND DOWN, TO GET
MY BEARINGS, I STILL HAVE TO
DECIDE WHICH DIRECTION TO
PERCEIVE AS UP IN ORDER TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE SENSE OF THINGS.
[ TRANSLATING ]
>> Translator: SAYING THAT IS
[ INAUDIBLE ] ABSOLUTELY HUMAN
[ INAUDIBLE ] THE CAPACITY TO
DECIDE TO MAKE DECISIONS, IT
SEEMS TO ME AN INTERESTING
RESPONSE, BECAUSE IT GOES BACK
TO HUMAN ROOTS, AND NOW IF YOU
WOULD HAVE THE COURTESY TO
LISTEN TO ANOTHER QUESTION.
OUR SOCIETY IS VERY
INDIVIDUALISTIC, BUT INSTEAD
WHAT IS ESSENTIAL TO LIFE IS
COLLABORATION.
I THINK TO ALL OF THE WORK THAT
LIES BEHIND AN ENTERPRISE LIKE
YOURS, COULD YOU GIVE ME SOME
EXAMPLES -- SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLES
OF COLLABORATION IN YOUR
ENVIRONMENT, IN THE SPACE
CENTER -- SPACE STATION?
>> Translator: HOLY FATHER, IT'S
A AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, I
BELIEVE IN RESPONSE TO MY
AMERICAN COLLEAGUE, TO HIS
PUERTO RICAN DESCENT.
>> Translator: HOLY FATHER IT'S
A GREAT HONOR TO SPEAK TO YOU.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION, AS
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CREW
MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE UP HERE
FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES, AND THE
WORK THAT WE DO EVERY DAY
TALKING TO THE DIFFERENT CONTROL
CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD.
WE HAVE UNITED STATES.
WE HAVE CANADA, JAPAN, RUSSIA,
AND THE NINE COUNTRIES FROM
EUROPE.
SO WHAT I FIND VERY INTERESTING
IS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKE UP
THIS COLLABORATION.
IT IS OUR DIVERSITY THAT MAKES
US STRONGER, AND I THINK WE NEED
TO EMBRACE WHO WE ARE AS
INDIVIDUALS, AND RESPECT THOSE
AROUND US, AND BY WORKING
TOGETHER, WE CAN DO THINGS MUCH
GREATER THAN WE CAN DO AS
INDIVIDUALS.
[ TRANSLATING ]
>> Translator: YOU ARE A LITTLE
GLASS PALACE, AND THE TOTALITY
IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE
PARTS, AND THIS IS THE EXAMPLE
THAT YOU GAVE US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MY DEAR
FRIENDS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, DEAR
BROTHERS, BECAUSE I FEEL YOU
[ INAUDIBLE ] OF ALL OF THE
HUMAN FAMILY, AND THIS GREAT
PROJECT OF RESEARCH THAT IS THE
SPACE STATION, I THANK YOU FROM
MY HEART FOR THIS COLLOQUY, THIS
CONVERSATION WHICH HAS GREATLY
ENRICHED ME.
GENTLEMEN, MAY THE LORD BLESS
YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.
I ASSURE YOU WILL PRAY FOR YOU,
AND I HOPE YOU WILL PRAY FOR ME.
THANK YOU.
>> Translator: FATHER IN THE
NAME OF ALL OF US, I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK YOU FOR [ INAUDIBLE ]
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS THE PLACE IN WHICH WE
CONDUCT SO MUCH RESEARCH, WHERE
WE GO TO SEARCH FOR THE THINGS
THAT -- ON A DAILY BASIS
ARE -- I THANK YOU FOR HAVING
BROUGHT US TO A HIGHER LEVEL,
AND TO HAVE PULLED US OUT OF
THIS DAILY MECHANIC ENVIRONMENT
AND MAKE US REFLECT ON THINGS
THAT ARE GREATER THAN WE ARE.
THANK YOU, AGAIN.
>> STATION THIS IS HOUSTON ACR,
THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.
>> THANK YOU TO POPE FRANCIS AND
ALL PARTICIPANTS.
STATION WE ARE NOW RESUMING
NORMAL OPERATIONAL
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