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...these Things Become The Norm: That Some Homeless People Die Of Cold On The Streets Is Not News. In Contrast, A Ten Point Drop On The Stock Markets Of Some Cities, Is A Tragedy. A Person Dying Is Not News, But If The Stock Markets Drop Ten Points It Is A Tragedy! Thus People Are Disposed Of, As If They Were Trash.

"do You Love Me?"; "are You My Friend?". The One Who Scrutinizes Hearts (cf. Rom 8:27), Makes Himself A Beggar Of Love And Questions Us On The One Truly Essential Issue, A Premiss And Condition For Feeding His Sheep, His Lambs, His Church. May Every Ministry Be Based On This Intimacy With The Lord; Living From Him Is The Measure Of Our Ecclesial Service Which Is Expressed In The Readiness To Obey, To Humble Ourselves, As We Heard In The Letter To The Philippians, And For The Total Gift Of Self.

Human Trafficking Is A Scourge, A Crime Against The Whole Of Humanity. It Is Time To Join Forces And Work Together To Free Its Victims And To Eradicate This Crime That Affects All Of Us, From Individual Families To The Worldwide Community.

While New Rights Are Attributed To Or Indeed Almost Presumed By The Individual, Life Is Not Always Protected As The Primary Value And The Primordial Right Of Every Human Being. The Ultimate Aim Of Medicine Remains The Defence And Promotion Of Life.

Today In Many Places We Hear A Call For Greater Security. But Until Exclusion And Inequality In Society And Between Peoples Is Reversed, It Will Be Impossible To Eliminate Violence.