affecting the southern regions of the world, but the entire planet. Hence the
need to 'rethink solidarity', no longer as simple assistance to the poor but
as a global rethinking of the entire system, seeking ways to reform and
correct it in a manner
consistent with fundamental human rights, the rights of all men and women.
This word 'solidarity', which isn't seen in a good light by the economic
world—as if it were a bad
word—needs to have its deserved social citizenship restored.”
At the end of his address, the Holy Father reiterated that the crisis is
not just an economic or financial one, but rather is rooted in an ethical and
anthropological crisis. “Chasing
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the idols of power, profit, and money over and above the
value of the human person has become a basic rule of operation and a decisive
criterion of organization. It has been forgotten, and still we forget, that
above business logic and the parameters of the market lies human being and
that there is something
owed to humans as humans, in virtue of their profound dignity: the opportunity
to live in dignity and to actively participate in the common good.”
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AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 27 May 2013 (VIS) – This morning, the Holy Father
received:
- Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, president of the Pontifical Council for
Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers,
- Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, C.S., president emeritus of the Prefecture
for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, and
- Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula of Xai-Xai, Mozambique and president of the
Episcopal Conference of Mozambique.
On Saturday, 25 May, the Holy Father received:
- Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for
Culture, and
- Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, major archbishop of Trivandrum of
the Syro-Malankars, India.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 25 May 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:
- accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, presented by Cardinal Julio Terrazas
Sandoval, C.SS.R., upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by
Archbishop Sergio Alfredo
Gualberti Calandrina, previously coadjutor of the same archdiocese.
- appointed Cardinal Francesco Monterisi, archpriest emeritus of the Saint
Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica, as special envoy to the closing celebration
of the sixth centenary of the discovery of the statue of Santa Maria della
Libera to be held in
the shrine of Cercemaggiore, Italy on 2 July of this year.
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