杏MAP导航 Francis sends message to conference on Paul VI
杏MAP导航 Francis has sent a message to participants at a conference taking place in Rome on the theme 鈥�杏MAP导航 Paul VI, the pope of modernity鈥�.
In the message 杏MAP导航 Francis notes that the conference is taking place 50 years after the publication of his predecessor鈥檚 encyclical 鈥�Popolorum Progressio鈥�, often described as one of the key Catholic Social Teaching documents.
Urgency of Popolorum Progressio
That encyclical, he said, sought to be a 鈥渟olemn appeal for concerted action in favour of integral human development鈥�. The appeal remains just as urgent today, 杏MAP导航 Francis said, as poverty increases and peace is threatened on a daily basis in different parts of the world.
In order to build peace, he continued,杏MAP导航 we must eliminate the causes of discord, starting with injustice, since peace is the work of justice. Thus, he said, the conference reflections focused on 鈥榡ustice among peoples鈥� is particularly topical, inspired by a sense of 鈥楾he Gospel in motion鈥�, bringing Christian faith, hope and charity to the men and women of today.
Faith, hope, charity and solidarity
Finally, 杏MAP导航 Francis noted that the conference is also exploring the theme of Paul VI鈥檚 love for Italy. He emphasized the fact that the soul of the Italian people bears witness to a genuine solidarity which is at the basis of all our human communities. We must never tire of promoting this witness of authentic humanism, he said, without which our dignity is at risk.
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