Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs and dramas of so many people end up being considered normal. ... When the stock market drops 10 points in some cities, it constitutes a tragedy. Someone who dies is not news, but lowering income by 10 points is a tragedy! In this way people are thrown aside as if they were trash.
Pope FrancisHow many of us, myself included, have lost our bearings; we are no longer attentive to the world in which we live; we donโt care; we donโt protect what God created for everyone, and we end up unable even to care for one another.
Pope FrancisIf you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.
Pope Francis