We ask the elected officials to carry out their mandate as ‘a high responsibility’, at the service of all, starting with the weakest and least guaranteed ”. So the CEI. “The agenda of the problems of our country is dense: poverty in constant and worrying increase, the demographic winter, the protection of the elderly, the gaps between the territories, the ecological transition and the energy crisis, the protection of jobs , especially for young people, welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating migrants, overcoming bureaucratic delays, reforms of the democratic expression of the state and of the electoral law ”.
“These are some of the challenges that the country is called to face right away. Without forgetting that the ongoing war and its heavy consequences require a commitment from all and in full harmony with Europe “, says the cardinal Matteo Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna and president of the CEI, in a statement after the political elections on Sunday 25 September. “Italy needs everyone’s commitment, responsibility and participation”, warns Zuppi, recalling that “in the appeal of the Permanent Episcopal Council, issued on the eve of the elections, we underlined how important it is to participate in the future of the country “.
“Unfortunately, we must note with concern the growing abstention, which has characterized this electoral round, reaching levels never seen in the past – he continues -. It is the symptom of a discomfort that cannot be superficially filed away and that must instead be listened to ”. For this reason, “we renew with even greater conviction the invitation to ‘be protagonists of the future’, in the awareness that it is necessary to rebuild a fabric of human relations, which even politics cannot do without”.
“The Church, as already reiterated – concludes the president of the CEI -, ‘will continue to indicate, with severity if necessary, the common good and not the personal interest, the defense of the inviolable rights of the person and the community’. On her part, in respect of democratic dynamics and in the distinction of roles, she will not miss her contribution to the promotion of a more just and inclusive society ”.
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