Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 29. (CNS/Paul Haring)

By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being Christian is humbly serving others, not applying “makeup” to your soul to make it prettier, Pope Francis said.

“To be Christian is to do what Jesus did — serve,” he said in a homily April 30 during Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae.