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Pope Francis has reiterated his passionate plea for the protection of children suffering from conflict, poverty, migration, and a “throwaway culture,” including abortion and neglect, stressing the urgent need to listen to their voices. Pope Francis has reiterated his passionate plea for the protection of children suffering from conflict, poverty, migration, and a “throwaway culture,” including abortion and neglect, stressing the urgent need to listen to their voices.
The Pope drew attention to the particularly dire conditions of children in war-torn and impoverished regions but also stressed that even in wealthier societies, children face vulnerabilities such as mental health struggles, violence, and social marginalisation. One of the most alarming issues he addressed was the devastating impact of war on children. “What we have tragically seen almost every day in recent times, namely children dying beneath bombs, sacrificed to the idols of power, ideology, and nationalistic interests, is unacceptable,” he said.
“A childhood denied is a silent scream condemning the wrongness of the economic system, the criminal nature of wars, the lack of adequate medical care and schooling,” the Pope insisted, warning against becoming desensitised to these tragedies, “losing what is noblest in the human heart: mercy and compassion.”
“Sadly,” the Pope noted, “this history of oppression of children is constantly repeated” in wartime, as elderly people who lived through wars tell us. “Also listening to those children who today live in violence, exploitation, or injustice serves to strengthen our ‘no’ to war,” the Pope remarked. Pope Francis therefore urged world leaders to listen to children, not only through their words but also through their silences, expressions, and experiences. “With their looks and their silences, too, they speak to us, so let us listen to them!” he urged.
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