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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea October 24, 2019This was a "very cordial" talk in which various social issues were discussed. In this way the Diocese described the private meeting that, in Perugia, there was between the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the president of the CEI, Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti at the Palazzo del Vescovado.

In particular, Conte and Bassetti talked about policies to support the weakest, such as large families, in difficulty due to the crisis and lack of work, young people, people with disabilities and the elderly. Themes - the diocesan note reads - also focuses on the next Budget Law.

The president of the Council, at the end of the visit, answered the questions of the journalists of the diocesan media, the Voice and Umbria Radio saying that "the Church is a pillar of our cultural and social tradition". "The Church does so much for those who suffer, who are marginalized and who have difficulties - the prime minister added - and it is also a pillar as regards the area of ​​the third sector. We hope that the social fabric can also continue to contribute ".

Conte, speaking of Umbria, stressed that "it is a special territory because here we can perceive even more the sense of harmony that can be established between man and the environment. This is at the center of the political project of this government ". "You know that some programmatic points are really dedicated to making Italy greener, more sustainable, to offer an eco-compatible perspective for all the activities we do - added the premier - here we must not speak only of industry, of reducing harmful emissions or else. We need to talk about offering a better quality of life to all citizens. "

Conte then pointed out that with Bassetti there was also discussion of a ' Family Act ': "There was also talk of a 'Family Act' which, as I interpret it, is the attempt to order also all the scattered facilities that there are families, and therefore try to reprogram in an organic and systematic way an effective support that we hope can be put, I repeat, above all to large families ".

"A signal - the Prime Minister said - we have tried to give it to people with disabilities by increasing the resources already allocated. There is also a family problem, because when there is a person with a disability it is a whole family that is involved by the "We have to work at all levels for inclusion. I always say that inclusion is fundamental to recognizing, rather than giving back, full dignity. We all have dignity with birth, but there is also a dignity that has a social dimension, and if there is no work, if there is no possibility of living with dignity, if there is no possibility of being a full participant in the community in which we live, we obviously cannot feel ourselves at with our conscience we rulers, we cannot be happy that we look at our neighbor suffering ".