No one should be excluded and
marginalise as we are all in the same boat, Pope Francis said in
his message for Migrants and Refugees Day Wednesday, stressing
the need to care for our common home or face God's judgement.
"I have wished to devote the Message for this year's World Day
of Migrants and Refugees to the theme, Towards An Ever Wider
"We", in order to indicate a clear horizon for our common
journey in this world., said Francis ahead of the day on the
last Sunday of September.
The Holy Father highlighted that in our present time, the "we",
willed by God, is "broken and fragmented, wounded and
disfigured," as is evident in moments of great crisis like the
ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, according to Vatican News.
Our "we," - both in the wider world and within the Church -
noted the Pope, "is crumbling and cracking due to myopic and
aggressive forms of nationalism and radical individualism," with
the highest price paid by "those who most easily become viewed
as others," including foreigners, migrants, the marginalized,
and those living on the existential peripheries.
To remedy this, Pope Francis stresses that "we are all in the
same boat and called to work together so that there will be no
more walls that separate us, no longer others, but only a single
'we', encompassing all of humanity." He therefore appeals to the
Catholic faithful, and to all the men and women of our world,
"to advance together towards an ever wider 'we'."
"I also make this appeal to journey together towards an ever
wider "we" to all men and women, for the sake of renewing the
human family, building together a future of justice and peace,
and ensuring that no one is left behind," Pope Francis said.
Inviting everyone to "make good use of the gifts that the Lord
has entrusted to us to preserve and make his creation even more
beautiful," Pope Francis reminded all that "the Lord will also
demand of us an account of our work".
In order to ensure the proper care of our common home, "we must
become a 'we' that is ever wider and more co-responsible, in the
profound conviction that whatever good is done in our world is
done for present and future generations," he stressed.
Migrants and Refugees Day in on September 26 this year.
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