ROME—Pope Francis called for “structural changes” to address economic disparity and environmental destruction in his annual peace message for January 1, 2025.
“Each of us must feel responsible in some way for the devastation inflicted on our common homeland, including indirectly by instigating the conflicts that currently plague the human family. “We must,” the Pope said. in him message For 58th World Peace Day.
The problems facing the world are not sporadic, the Pope argues, but systemic and interconnected and therefore need to be addressed in a similar way.
“This is how separate yet interconnected systemic challenges are created, together wreaking havoc on the world,” he declares. “In particular, inequality of all kinds, inhumane treatment of migrants, environmental degradation, chaos intentionally caused by disinformation, refusal to participate in any form of dialogue, and huge sums spent on war industries. Think about resources.
All of this, he argues, taken together “represents a threat to the entire existence of humanity.”
“Sporadic philanthropy is not enough,” he insists. “Cultural and structural changes are needed to bring about lasting change.”
Mr. Francisco has been arguing for years that humanity needs a great reset to create a new global economy, especially after the coronavirus pandemic.
“We will be able to rebuild society and not go back to so-called ‘normality.’ It is a sick normality, and in fact it was sick even before the pandemic. It highlighted that!” he said. said In 2020, he added, the old normal is “sick with injustice, inequality and environmental degradation.”
in Editorial for new york times In the same year, the Pope said, “Now is the time to dream big, to reconsider our priorities: what we value, what we want, what we want, and to dream.'' Now is the time to resolve to act based on this in your daily life.” ”
“God challenges us to dare to create something new,” he declared. “We cannot return to the false security of our pre-crisis political and economic system. We must give everyone access to the fruits of creation, the basic needs of life: land, accommodation and labor. We need the economy.”
“We need to slow down, take stock, and design better ways to live together on this planet,” he suggested.
The WEF in Davos welcomed what it saw as the Pope's endorsement of his “Great Reset” program, highlighting the similarities in their visions.
in article Entitled “This is the Pope's prescription for resetting the global economy in response to COVID-19'', the WEF announced that Francis would “respond to the devastation of the coronavirus in response to what is being called the Great Reset of the global economy.'' I give my stamp of approval to the efforts to shape this.” -19''
“Pope Francis delivered a scathing indictment of neoliberalism,” WEF notes, “a philosophy that espouses austerity, privatization, deregulation, unchecked markets, and relatively weak labor laws.” he pointed out.
The Pope also denounced the “dogma” of the new liberal economy as making us more vulnerable to COVID-19 and called for “greater multilateral cooperation and a focus on human dignity.” He said he asked for it.
