ADDRESS OF POPE FRANCIS: TO PARTICIPANTS IN A CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF “PACEM IN TERRIS”
Clementine Hall
[…] Speaking of peace, speaking of the inhuman global economic crisis that is a grave symptom of the lack of respect for man, I cannot but recall with great distress the victims of the umpteenth tragic shipwreck which occurred off the shore of Lampedusa today. The word ‘disgrace’ comes to mind! It is a disgrace! Let us pray together to God for those who lost their lives: men, women, children, for their relatives and for all refugees. Let us unite our efforts so that similar tragedies are not repeated! Only through the concerted collaboration of everyone can we help to prevent them.[…]
