The Pope received a delegation of carny workers and amusement park operators, welcoming them with these words, "You bring joy and companionship to a world of dreariness". The sense of joy and festivity spread by the operators of the traveling show, Francis explained, "springs from creativity and imagination that does not follow the artificial and conformist models" propagated by the media nor is fueled by "the search for ever new sensations, rather "from the simplicity and genuineness that can be breathed in an amusement park." "In a world where we often breathe a gray and heavy climate, you," Bergoglio said, "remind us that the way to be content is simplicity; and also a form of fun in the open air and in company: the opposite of what we increasingly see today, everyone alone with his or her cell phone or computer that isolates from social communication. You invite people to go out, to meet in the square, to have fun together". All this reminds us "that we are not only made for work but also for celebration," Francis concluded, and that "God is pleased when we celebrate together as brothers in simplicity".