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September 26, 2021 “Let us not close the doors to their hope.” Pope Francis at the Angelus in St. Peter's Square addresses them, migrants who undertake journeys supported only by hope.
We must walk together, Francis continues, freeing ourselves of prejudices and fears in order to place ourselves next to those “most vulnerable, migrants, refugees, displaced persons, victims of trafficking and the abandoned. We are called to build an increasingly inclusive world that excludes no one. "To the faithful in St. Peter's Square who arrived to celebrate World Refugee Day, Francis invites them to go inside Bernini's colonnade to the monument dedicated to migrants:" gaze of those people and grasp in that gaze the hope that every migrant has today to start living again. Go there, see that monument. Let's not close the doors to their hope ”.
Closure is one of the great evils of history. Francesco underlines that it creates distances even from those who do not think like us. We must listen: "absolutism has often generated dictatorships and so much violence against those who are different."
The Pope also speaks to the church that he must not exclude: "The word 'devil' - he remembers with firm words - always insinuates suspicion to divide and exclude people ". Wand also Christians: "Sometimes we too, instead of being humble and open communities, can give the impression of being 'the first in the class' and keep others at a distance”.
My appeal goes to all men and women of the world to walk together towards an ever greater us, to recompose the human family, to build together our future of justice and peace, ensuring that no one is excluded.
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- Pope Francis (@Pontifex_it) September 26, 2021