Globalization of
Indifference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5HZhVm8jsM
Q: Where
is God?
A: Where
is man?
(Two prisoners in Auschwitz concentration camp)
Pax Dei
“These our brothers and sisters seek to
leave difficult situations in order to
find a little serenity and peace, they seek a better place for themselves
and for their families – but they found death. How many times to those who seek
this do not find understanding, do not find welcome, do not find solidarity!
And their voices rise up even to God!....Who is responsible for the blood of
these brothers and sisters? No one! We all respond this way: not me, it has
nothing to do with me, there are others, certainly not me. But God asks each
one of us: “Where is the blood of your brother that cries out to me?” Today no
one in the world feels responsible for this; we have lost the sense of
fraternal responsibility; we have fallen into the hypocritical attitude of the
priest and of the servant of the altar that Jesus speaks about in the parable
of the Good Samaritan: We look upon the brother half dead by the roadside,
perhaps we think “poor guy,” and we continue on our way, it’s none of our
business; and we feel fine with this. We feel at peace with this, we
feel fine! The culture of well-being, that makes us
think of ourselves, that makes us insensitive to the cries of others, that
makes us live in soap bubbles, that are beautiful but are nothing, are
illusions of futility, of the transient, that brings indifference to others,
that brings even the globalization of
indifference. In this world of globalization we have fallen into a
globalization of indifference. We are accustomed to the suffering of others, it
doesn’t concern us, it’s none of our business.”
Text from Pope Francis’ homily in August 2013 celebrated
with the residents of Lampedus, Italy and the immigrants who have sought refuge
there. (Vatican
Radio website)
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/07/08/pope_on_lampedusa:_%E2%80%9Cthe_globalization_of_indifference%E2%80%9D/en1-708541
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