Pope Francis sent a video message to judges in Argentina. He affirmed that the State today is "more important than ever" to guarantee social rights.

He warned about the dehumanizing and violent models and the effect of "the Market God and the Goddess Profit" The Pope was speaking at the inauguration of the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Pan American Committee of Judges for Social Rights and the Franciscan Doctrine (Copaju), headed this morning by Buenos Aires magistrate Andrés Gallardo. "I greet Copaju, I greet the Lascasciano Institute, I wish you success in your activities," he said.