78 79 I realise that some people are hesitant and fearful with regard to migrants. Yet (...) a people are only fruitful and productive if they are able to develop a creative openness to others. (41) Digital connectivity is not enough to build bridges. It is not capable of uniting humanity. (43) True wisdom demands an encounter with reality. (47) Abandoned on the wayside. (...) We are still “illiterate” when it comes to accompanying, caring for and supporting the most frail and vulnerable members of our developed societies. (64) Racism is a virus that quickly mutates and, instead of disappearing, goes into hiding, and lurks in waiting. (97) Individualism does not make us more free, more equal, more fraternal. The mere sum of individual interests is not capable of generating a better world for the whole human family. (105) Every human being has the right to live with dignity and to develop integrally; this fundamental right cannot be denied by any country. (107) If a society is governed primarily by the criteria of market freedom and efficiency, there is no place for such persons, and fraternity will remain just another vague ideal. (109) Every society needs to ensure that values are passed on; otherwise, what is handed down (...) ultimately, [is] a life closed to transcendence (...) (113) The world exists for everyone, because all of us were born with the same dignity. (118) Business activity is essentially “a noble vocation, directed to producing wealth and improving our world” (...) especially through the creation of diversified work opportunities. (123) We can aspire to a world that provides land, housing and work for all. (127) Ideally, unnecessary migration ought to be avoided; this entails creating in countries of origin the conditions needed for a dignified life and integral development. (129) Let us realise that as our minds and hearts narrow, the less capable we become of understanding the world around us. (147) In a genuinely developed society, work is an essential dimension of social life, for it is not only a means of earning one's daily bread, but also of personal growth, the building of healthy relationships ... (162) The marketplace, by itself, cannot resolve every problem, however much we are asked to believe this dogma of neoliberal faith. Neoliberalism simply reproduces itself by resorting to the magic theories of “spillover” or “trickle” – without using the name – as the only solution to societal problems. There is little appreciation of the fact that the alleged “spillover” does not resolve the inequality that gives rise to new forms of violence threatening the fabric of society. (168) Once more: "Politics must not be subject to the economy, nor should the economy be subject to the dictates of an efficiency-driven paradigm of technocracy." (177) We are still far from a globalisation of the most basic of human rights. That is why world politics needs to make the effective elimination of hunger one of its foremost and imperative goals. (...) (189) Political charity is also expressed in a spirit of openness to everyone. (190) The solution is not relativism. Under the guise of tolerance, relativism ultimately leaves the interpretation of moral values to those in power, to be defined as they see fit. (206) In a pluralistic society, dialogue is the best way to realise what ought always to be affirmed and respected apart from any ephemeral consensus. (211) As believers, we are convinced that human nature, as the source of ethical principles, was created by God, and that ultimately it is he who gives those principles their solid foundation. (214) Social peace demands hard work. (...) Let us arm our children with the weapons of dialogue! Let us teach them to fight the good fight of the culture of encounter! (217) Kindness facilitates the quest for consensus; it opens new paths where hostility and conflict would burn all bridges. (224)
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