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03 December 2020
Today is the International Day of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Pope asks to overcome the "rejection" of the disabled and to affirm instead "the dignity of every person".
"There are attitudes of rejection that, also due to a narcissistic and utilitarian mentality, lead to marginalization, not considering that, inevitably, fragility belongs to everyone", underlines the Pope in the message for the Day of People with Disabilities.
"It is important", however, "to promote a culture of life that continually affirms the dignity of every person, in particular in defense of men and women with disabilities, of all ages and social conditions".
"The celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is an opportunity, this year, to express my closeness to those who are experiencing particularly difficult situations in this pandemic crisis. We are all in the same boat in the midst of a rough sea that can scare us ; but in this boat some find it harder, and among them people with severe disabilities "Bergoglio underlines in his message.
"The pandemic we are experiencing has further highlighted the disparities and inequalities - the Pope continues - that characterize our time, especially to the detriment of the weakest. The virus, while it makes no exceptions among people, has found, in its devastating path, great inequalities and discrimination. And it has increased them. For this, a first 'rock' on which to build our home is inclusion ".