Pope Francis on Wednesday
lamented the fact that hundreds of millions of people are hungry
even though there is enough for everyone in his message for
World Food Day.
"It is a cruel, unjust and paradoxical reality that, today,
there is food for everyone and yet not everyone has access to
it, and that in some areas of the world food is wasted,
discarded and consumed in excess, or destined for other purposes
than nutrition," read the message to the Director General of the
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
"To escape from this spiral, we need to promote economic
institutions and social initiatives which can give the poor
regular access to basic resources.
"The battle against hunger and malnutrition will not end as
long as the logic of the market prevails and profit is sought at
any cost, with the result that food is relegated to a mere
commercial product subject to financial speculation and with
little regard for its cultural, social and indeed symbolic
importance".
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