Pope: it is essential to respect the equal dignity of every man to resolve crises and tensions

"The lessons" learned from the two great world can "continue to convince the world’s people and their leaders of the futility of armed conflict and the need to resolve conflicts through patient dialogue and negotiation. ". No effective humanitarian solution to the mass migration crisis "can ignore our moral responsibility" to "welcome, protect, promote and integrate".

Vatican City (AsiaNews) - Respect for the principle of equal dignity of all men is essential to resolving international tensions and also to tackle the "mass migration crisis" that also calls into question the moral duty to welcome and protect . This is what Pope Francis said in his speech today addressed to the ambassadors of Switzerland, Malta, the Bahamas, Cape Verde, Estonia, Iceland, Turkmenistan, Grenada, Qatar and Gambia, received for the presentation of Credentials.

First of all, Francis expressed the hope that "the lessons learned from the two great wars of the twentieth century" could "continue to convince the world’s people and their leaders of the futility of armed conflict and the need to resolve conflicts through patient dialogue and negotiation. . ".

At the same time the Pope recalled the "significant anniversary" of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of the United Nations on Human Rights which n its very first words, the Declaration states that, “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family, is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world” (Preamble). In these times of sweeping social and political change, there can be no lessening of the commitment to this principle on the part of governments and peoples."

"It is essential that respect for human dignity and human rights inspire and direct every effort to address the grave situations of war and armed conflict, crushing poverty, discrimination and inequality that afflict our world, and in recent years have issued in the present crisis of mass migration. No effective humanitarian solution to that pressing global issue can ignore our moral responsibility, with due regard for the common good, to welcome, protect, promote and integrate those who knock at our doors in search of a secure future for themselves and their children (cf. Message for the 2018 World Day of Peace, No. 4). The Church, for her part, is committed to working with every responsible partner in a constructive dialogue aimed at proposing concrete solutions to this and other urgent humanitarian problems, with the goal of preserving human lives and dignity, alleviating suffering and advancing an authentic and integral development.

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