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POPE FRANCIS condemned the “arrogance of the powerful” to the poor and “false neutrality” in his New Year message.
Francis emphasised the need to “let ourselves be reborn, to overcome the indifference which blocks solidarity and to leave behind the false neutrality which prevents sharing.”
In his homily in St Peter’s Basilica, he reflected on the “countless forms of injustice and violence which daily wound our human family.
“Sometimes we ask ourselves how it is possible that human injustice persists unabated,” he said, “and that the arrogance of the powerful continues to demean the weak, relegating them to the most squalid outskirts of our world.”
Addressing tens of thousands in St Peter’s Square later, he warned: “The enemy of peace isn’t only war but also indifference,” decrying “barriers, suspicions, fears and closures” toward others.
