"It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often the last we think about. It means caring for one another in our families: Husbands and wives first protect one another, and then, as parents, they care for their children, and children themselves, in time, protect their parents. It means building sincere friendships in which we protect one another in trust, respect, and goodness. In the end, everything has been entrusted to our protection, and all of us are responsible for it. Be protectors of God’s gifts!"
Pope Francis
19 March 2013
The question is whether these words
will include a mandate to stand against government
and economic policies that oppress the poor?
Is it a call to traditional charity, or solidarity?
Is it a call for action against corporate wealth
that rapes and pillages the environment?
Are they words for all humans...
including the LGBT community?
Including pro-choice folks?
Including 'non-catholics?'
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