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Pope Francis delivers his ‘State of the World’ address at the annual Audience for Members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, and calls for a diplomacy of hope based on truth, forgiveness, freedom, and justice.At his annual Audience for Members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See on Thursday, Pope Francis laid out his vision for a ‘diplomacy of hope’ based on truth, forgiveness, freedom, and justice.
As the year begins, noted the Pope, we find our world torn by numerous conflicts, acts of terror, societal tensions, and the creation of new barriers that divide people. At the same time, he noted, “hardly any corner of our world has been left untouched by the broad cultural transformation brought about by the rapid advances in technology, whose alignment to commercial interests is increasingly evident, generating a culture rooted in consumerism.”
“It represents a form of genuine ideological colonization that attempts, in accordance with carefully planned agendas, to uproot the traditions, history and religious bonds of peoples,” he said, condemning as “unacceptable” attempts to enshrine “an alleged ‘right to abortion’.”The Pope went on to call for a “diplomacy of forgiveness,” which can find ways to mend relationships broken by hatred and violence in ways that care for victims.
Pope Francis also recalled ongoing conflicts in Myanmar, Sudan, the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, Mozambique, and the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo.“There can be no true peace without the guarantee of religious freedom, which entails respect for the conscience of individuals and the possibility of publicly manifesting one’s faith and membership in a community,” he said.
A diplomacy of hope, he added, is also a “diplomacy of justice,” saying there can be no peace without justice, highlighting the Jubilee year’s call for the forgiveness of debts, be they societal or fiscal.
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