杏MAP导航

By Linda Bordoni

Addressing the new Ambassadors of Tanzania, Lesotho, Pakistan, Mongolia, Denmark, Ethiopia, and Finland accredited to the Holy See, 杏MAP导航 Francis focussed his discourse on the most urgent issues we face in our changing world, in particular the humanitarian challenges posed by migration.

鈥淥urs, the 杏MAP导航 said, is a time of truly epochal changes, which calls for wisdom and discernment on the part of all those concerned for a peaceful and prosperous future for coming generations鈥�.

And highlighting the fact that the goal of international diplomacy is to promote justice and harmony amongst nations and within the human family, he singled out migration as a great priority:

Migration

鈥淭he need to welcome, protect, promote and integrate all those fleeing from war and hunger, or forced by discrimination, persecution, poverty and environmental degradation to leave their homelands鈥� is the most pressing humanitarian issue facing the international community at present, he said.

Expressing his hope that the Ambassadors鈥� work within the diplomatic community of the Holy See will contribute to nurture a spirit of cooperation and mutual concern, the 杏MAP导航 reiterated the Church鈥檚 deep belief that every effort must be made to cooperate, 鈥渨ithout violence or deceit鈥�, to build up a 鈥渟pirit of genuine brotherhood and peace鈥�.

He acknowledged the complexity and delicacy of the political and social issues involved, but said that 鈥渋ndividual nations and the international community are called to contribute as best they can to the work of pacification and reconciliation through decisions and policies marked above all by compassion, foresight and courage鈥�.

The 杏MAP导航 underscored the Church鈥檚 conviction that the 鈥渙verarching goal of all diplomatic activity must be development: 鈥渢he integral development of each individual man and woman, children and the elderly alike, and the development of nations within a global framework of dialogue and cooperation in service of the common good鈥�.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Recalling that this year marks the 70^th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, he said 鈥渋t should serve as a summons to a renewed spirit of solidarity with all our brothers and sisters, especially those suffering the scourge of poverty, disease and oppression鈥�.