09/20/2020 - 15:42
Clarín.com
Politics
Pope Francis spoke this Sunday about the importance of solidarity with those most in need and spoke about meritocracy, a topic that President Alberto Fernández had already touched on last week and that generated a stir.
"What makes us evolve or grow is not true that it is the merit, as we have been led to believe in recent years. The dumbest of the rich has more possibilities than the most intelligent of the poor. As long as that does not happen, we cannot be calm with our conscience ", the president had indicated during a ceremony last week.
On the occasion of the Angelus, this Sunday Pope Francis took up Fernández's words and, without mentioning him, assured: "Whoever reasons with human logic, that is, that of the merits acquired with one's own ability,
from first goes to last
."
In this sense, he continued: "Let us remember who was the first saint canonized in the Church, the good thief. He stole Heaven at the last moment of his life. This is Grace, that is what God does, even with all of us.
Instead, who He seeks to think about his own merit, he fails
. Whoever humbly trusts in the Father's mercy, as last, like the good thief, is in first place. "
Whoever reasons with human logic, that of merits acquired with one's own ability, goes from being the first to being the last.
On the other hand, whoever humbly entrusts himself to the mercy of the Father, goes from last to first (cf. Mt 20, 1-16).
#Today's Gospel
- Pope Francis (@Pontifex_es) September 20, 2020
This fragment of his speech, which was later replicated on his official social networks, generated controversy.
Bergoglio became a trend on Twitter
, where many users recriminated his position and even linked him to Fernández.
Anyway, the Supreme Pontiff once again showed himself politically close to Alberto's Government.
In fact, weeks ago, the President had publicly thanked Francisco for his management in the framework of the announcement of the debt restructuring.
In addition, Bergoglio gave a boost to the Secretary of Strategic Affairs, Gustavo Béliz, after his frustrated candidacy to the IDB and appointed him an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
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