Pope: politics is charity

(ANSA) - Rome, July 2 - Pope Francis on Thursday renewed calls for politics to be approached as a form of charity and for world leaders to protect the environment.
    Francis invited the faithful to pray so that "political responsibility is lived at all levels as a high form of charity," Vatican Radio said. This should be the main theme of prayers during July, the pontiff said.
    The pope has issued repeated calls on the ethical behaviour of politicians, at a time of increasing tensions between governments over issues such as the economy, immigration and employment.
    In the 2013 Evangelii gaudium, his apostolic exhortation, he said politics was a "lofty vocation" and "one of the highest forms of charity, inasmuch as it seeks the common good".
    On Thursday he also repeated calls to protect the environment, urging world leaders to "stop ruining the garden which God has entrusted to us so that all may enjoy it".
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