The earth has space for everyone, but the whole human family must commit to sharing resources, says Archbishop Agostino Marchetto.
The secretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers affirmed this Monday in Vicenza at a meeting organized by the diocesan foundation for migrants. The prelate reflected on immigration in the light of “Caritas in Veritate.”
In the encyclical, the Pope refers to the causes that impel millions of men and women to emigrate, such as lack of food, problems with water, agriculture, the environment, energy and the search for dignified work, noted the archbishop.
Globalization is another cause of migration, which contributes to bringing whole regions out of underdevelopment but, as the Holy Father wrote, can also contribute to “problems never before known and new divisions in the human family.”
In any case, the archbishop affirmed, citing the Pontiff, there is space for everyone on our earth. “On it,” he said, “the whole human family must find the necessary resources to live worthily with the help of nature itself, a gift of God to his children, and with the commitment of one’s work and inventiveness.”
VICENZA, Italy (Zenit.org)