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Pope: "Politics should look to the future, not to the deadlines for voting"

2022-07-27T23:55:43.939Z


On his fourth day in Canada, Pope Francis moves from Edmonton to Quebec, the capital of the French-speaking province of the same name, and here he meets the authorities of the country - in particular the Governor General Mary Simon and Prime Minister Justin Trude ... (ANSA)


(ANSA) - QUEBEC, JUL 27 - On his fourth day in Canada, Pope Francis moves from Edmonton to Quebec, the capital of the French-speaking province of the same name, and here he meets the authorities of the country - in particular the governor general Mary Simon and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - and again the indigenous populations, renewing his request for forgiveness for the abuses suffered by the natives due to the colonialist policy of assimilation and in the residential schools run by the Catholic Church.

But in his speech he also addresses other issues: such as politics, inviting you to look at future generations and not at electoral deadlines, and war, "senseless madness" against which it is necessary to "alleviate the extremisms of the opposition" and above all "not rearm".


   "The great challenges of today, such as peace, climate change, pandemic effects and international migration are shared by one constant: they are global, they concern everyone. leaves ", warns the pontiff.

"It is necessary to be able to look, as indigenous wisdom teaches, at the seven future generations, not at the immediate conveniences, at the electoral deadlines, at the support of the lobbies. And also to value the desires of fraternity, justice and peace of the younger generations", he adds.

"There is a need for creative and far-sighted policies, who know how to get out of the schemes of the parties to give answers to global challenges", the pope reiterates.


   Furthermore, "today, in the face of the senseless madness of war, we again need to soothe the extremes of opposition and heal the wounds of hatred".

"We do not need to divide the world into friends and enemies, to take distances and rearm ourselves to the teeth: it will not be the race for armaments and deterrence strategies to bring peace and security - he says -. There is no need to ask ourselves to continue leguerre, but how to stop them. And to prevent the peoples from being held hostage again by the grip of appalling and widespread cold wars ".

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Source: ansa

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