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| Pope Francis – in his own words | Pope Francis – in his own words |
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| On slave labour, white slavery and prostitution, September 2011 | On slave labour, white slavery and prostitution, September 2011 |
| "At school they taught us slavery has been abolished, but do you know what? It was a fairytale! Because in Buenos Aires slavery has not been abolished; in this city slavery is still common in various forms; in this city workers are exploited in clandestine workshops and, if they are immigrants, they prevent them from leaving; and in this city there are children who have been living on the streets for years … In this city women are kidnapped and submitted to the use and abuse of their bodies, destroying their dignity. There are men here who abuse and make money from human flesh … Dogs are treated better than these slaves of ours! Kick them out! Get rid of them!" | "At school they taught us slavery has been abolished, but do you know what? It was a fairytale! Because in Buenos Aires slavery has not been abolished; in this city slavery is still common in various forms; in this city workers are exploited in clandestine workshops and, if they are immigrants, they prevent them from leaving; and in this city there are children who have been living on the streets for years … In this city women are kidnapped and submitted to the use and abuse of their bodies, destroying their dignity. There are men here who abuse and make money from human flesh … Dogs are treated better than these slaves of ours! Kick them out! Get rid of them!" |
| After a commuter train carrying 1,200 people crashed into the buffers at a railway station in Buenos Aires in February 2012, killing 52 people and injuring hundreds | After a commuter train carrying 1,200 people crashed into the buffers at a railway station in Buenos Aires in February 2012, killing 52 people and injuring hundreds |
| "We want justice! We know that behind this there are irresponsible people who are responsible, people who have not carried out their duties. We do not want to punish them to punish, but to change their hearts because their irresponsibility has cost so much – life is priceless … This city does not know how to weep. All is fixed with anaesthetics … virtually all of them were earning their daily bread. With dignity! Father, let us not get used to the idea that to earn your daily bread you must travel like cattle." | "We want justice! We know that behind this there are irresponsible people who are responsible, people who have not carried out their duties. We do not want to punish them to punish, but to change their hearts because their irresponsibility has cost so much – life is priceless … This city does not know how to weep. All is fixed with anaesthetics … virtually all of them were earning their daily bread. With dignity! Father, let us not get used to the idea that to earn your daily bread you must travel like cattle." |
| Argentina's politics | Argentina's politics |
| "Sectarian attitudes in the social and political life of a country are terrible. They separate, divide and drive us apart." | "Sectarian attitudes in the social and political life of a country are terrible. They separate, divide and drive us apart." |
| The 26th anniversary of the Falklands war in 2008 | The 26th anniversary of the Falklands war in 2008 |
| "The wound is still open, it has not healed." | "The wound is still open, it has not healed." |
| Inequality, August 2012 | Inequality, August 2012 |
| "You have to become indignant against the injustice that not everyone has bread and work … In this world many people look out for themselves … And how curious it is that those who look out for themselves and not for the common good are usually the ones who go around cursing; who curse other people and things." | "You have to become indignant against the injustice that not everyone has bread and work … In this world many people look out for themselves … And how curious it is that those who look out for themselves and not for the common good are usually the ones who go around cursing; who curse other people and things." |
| Gay marriage | Gay marriage |
| "The identity and survival of the family is at risk: father, mother and children. At risk are so many children who will be discriminated against by taking away from them the process of growing up that God gave to us with a father and a mother." | "The identity and survival of the family is at risk: father, mother and children. At risk are so many children who will be discriminated against by taking away from them the process of growing up that God gave to us with a father and a mother." |
| Christmas | Christmas |
| "What is the spirit of Christmas? … Over the years the world of culture has tried to express it in a thousand ways and has managed to take us closer to the meaning of the the Christmas spirit. | "What is the spirit of Christmas? … Over the years the world of culture has tried to express it in a thousand ways and has managed to take us closer to the meaning of the the Christmas spirit. |
| "How many Christmas stories bring us closer to this? The beautiful tales of Andersen, Tillich, Lenz, Böll, Dickens, Gorky, Hamsun, Hesse, Mann and so many other managed to open new horizons of meaning that take us down the path of understanding this mystery, but none, in the end, are enough" | "How many Christmas stories bring us closer to this? The beautiful tales of Andersen, Tillich, Lenz, Böll, Dickens, Gorky, Hamsun, Hesse, Mann and so many other managed to open new horizons of meaning that take us down the path of understanding this mystery, but none, in the end, are enough" |
| Neoliberalism | Neoliberalism |
| "The socioeconomic crisis and the resulting increase in poverty has its origins in policies inspired by forms of neoliberalism that consider profit and the laws of the market as absolute parameters above the dignity of people or of peoples." | "The socioeconomic crisis and the resulting increase in poverty has its origins in policies inspired by forms of neoliberalism that consider profit and the laws of the market as absolute parameters above the dignity of people or of peoples." |
| Human rights | Human rights |
| "Human rights are not just violated by terrorism, repression and murder … but also be the existence of extreme poverty and unjust economic structures that create huge inequalities …" | "Human rights are not just violated by terrorism, repression and murder … but also be the existence of extreme poverty and unjust economic structures that create huge inequalities …" |
| Drugs | Drugs |
| "Alcohol and drugs are an easy shortcut," | "Alcohol and drugs are an easy shortcut," |
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