It is his fifth visit to the city of the saint of the poor and nature.
The pope today traveled to Assisi (central Italy), the city of San Francisco, to meet with 500 disadvantaged people from various parts of Europe and said that “it is time for the poor to have a voice again, because for too long their demands have not been heard ”.
On his fifth visit to the city of the saint of the poor and nature, Francis listened to the testimonies of some disadvantaged people from all over Europe and refugees from Afghanistan and emphasized the need for a sincere welcome “and to let in those who call. at the door of the house and at the door of the heart “because where” there is fear of the other, contempt for their lives, then rejection is born. “
The pope listened among them to the Spaniard Sebastián del Valle, whom a priest saved from the street where he was begging after a hard life. Today, excited, he told his story.
“We know that each of us needs the other, and even weakness, if we experience it together, can become a force that improves the world,” Francisco said in his speech.
The pope criticized those who think that “it is the poor who are responsible for poverty, in order not to make a serious examination of conscience about their own actions, about the injustice of certain laws and economic measures” and explained that it is about “The hypocrisy of those who want to get rich on a large scale, blame the weakest.”
“Instead, it is time for the poor to have a voice again, because for too long their demands have not been heard,” Francis cried in the upper basilica of Assisi.
He asked that “eyes be opened to see the state of inequality in which families live” and assured that “it is time to roll up our sleeves to regain dignity by creating jobs.”
“It is time to once again be outraged by the reality of children who go hungry, are enslaved, shaken by the waters in the middle of a shipwreck, innocent victims of all kinds of violence,” he added.
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He also called for “violence against women to stop and for them to be respected and not treated as merchandise.”
“It is time to break the circle of indifference and discover the beauty of the meeting and dialogue,” added the pontiff.
After this meeting, the Pope will return to the Vatican and on Sunday he will celebrate Mass for World Day dedicated to the Poor, which he himself instituted, in St. Peter’s Basilica and which will be attended by the underprivileged of the Italian capital. (I)
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