Pope Francis: A Crisis Reveals What Is in Our Hearts
… our lack of internal freedom, the idols we have been serving, the ideologies we have tried to live by
… most governments acted responsibly, imposing strict measures to contain the outbreak
… It is all too easy for some to take an idea — in this case, for example, personal freedom — and turn it into an ideology
… There are a thousand other crises that are just as dire
… the production and trade in weapons
… the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing poverty
… climate change
… This is a moment to dream big, to rethink our priorities
… We cannot return to the false securities of the political and economic systems we had before the crisis
… give to all access to the fruits of creation, to the basic needs of life: to land, lodging and labor
… exploited by a certain kind of populist politics that seeks power over society
… it is the call to embrace the reality that we are bound by bonds of reciprocity. On this solid foundation we can build a better, different, human future
