Pope Francis in Cuba: 'We do not serve ideas, we serve people'

(The Christian Science Monitor) Pope Francis spoke out on the need to serve and the evils of pride to thousands of Cubans who attended Sunday’s morning mass in Havana.

Speaking at the Revolutionary Square on the backdrop of massive portraits of revolutionary leaders Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, as well as a giant poster of Jesus, the pope warned of the dangers of power and ideology when others are excluded, Reuters reports.

“Service is never ideological, for we do not serve ideas, we serve people,” the pope said in his sermon. “Do not neglect them [others] for plans which can be seductive, but are unconcerned about the face of the person beside you.”