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A politics of fraternity is the true response to the rise of populism 22 April 2021
On Thursday, 15 April, Pope Francis sent a video message to participants in the International Conference, “A Politics Rooted in the People”, organized by the Centre for Theology and Community, and urged them just like a good shepherd to put the most vulnerable first. The following is a transcript of the English subtitles of the Holy Father’s message which he delivered in Spanish.
Pope Francis: The Antidote to Populism Is ‘a Politics of Brotherhood’
ROME Pope Francis criticized populism as “political paternalism” Thursday, asserting it deprives the people of self-rule.
Populism consciously or unconsciously follows the inspiration of the motto: “Everything for the people, nothing with the people,” or “political paternalism,” the pope declared in a video message transmitted to participants in an international conference on “A Politics Rooted in the People.”
“Hence, in the populist vision, the people are not the agents of their own destiny, but end up being indebted to an ideology,” the pontiff said.
The “true response to the boom of populism is not precisely more individualism but its opposite: a politics of brotherhood, rooted in the life of the people,” he added.
Pope says politics must be built from the bottom up
Titled A Politics Rooted in the People, the conference theme was inspired by the pope s book Let Us Dream
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Politics can be regenerated by recognizing the importance of spirituality in people s lives, Pope Francis said. That is why it is essential that faith communities meet together and fraternize in order to work for and with the people and why it is urgent to build the future from below, from a politics with the people, rooted in the people, he said in a video message.
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