Pope Francis told a group
of French lawmakers that they should never resign themselves to
social injustice during an audience in the Vatican on Monday.
"You are called on to always be close to others, especially
people in precarious situations," the pope said, "to never
resign yourselves to social inequality, the root of society's
evils, but to promote an integral ecological conversion at the
service of safeguarding our common home".
He added that the Catholic Church has "esteem" for "political
commitment when it is moved by the will to create favorable
conditions to coexistence that respects differences, is
attentive to precarious situations, to the most fragile people.
"Political greatness is shown when, in difficult moments, one
works on the basis of great principles, thinking of the
long-term common good".
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