Pope Francis publishes a letter in which he asks to “disarm the earth”

Him Pope Francisco He sent a letter to the Italian newspaper “Corriere della Sera” published Tuesday in which he calls “Disarm the words, disarm the minds and disarm the earth”. The pontiff took advantage of his delicate health situation to give greater emphasis to his words, “in this moment of illness in which, as I had the opportunity to say, the war seems even more absurd”.
“Human fragility, in fact, has the power to become more lucid As for what lasts what happens, what makes us live and what kills. Perhaps this is why we tend to deny the limits so often and avoid fragile and injuries: they have the power to question the direction we have chosen, as individuals and as a community “, writes the Pope.
And he asks all those who dedicate their work and intelligence to inform, through the communication tools that our world unites in real time: feel all the importance of words “. “They are never just words: they are facts that build human environments. They can connect or divide, serve the truth or make use of it. You have to disarm the words, disarm the minds and disassemble the earth. There is a great need for reflection, calm, meaning, complexity “, adds Francisco.
It regrets “while The war devastates only the communities and the environmentWithout offering conflicts, diplomacy and international organizations, they need a new life and credibility.
33 days admitted
Despite his Hospitalization for 33 daysThe Pope continues to work and show signs of attention on what happens in the world as in this letter. According to the latest information, the doctors confirmed “slight improvements” with respiratory and motor physiotherapy and their situation remains “stable”.
The Santa See published on Sunday afternoon the First photo of the Pontiff Argentine in the hospital, while granting a mass in the chapel of the private apartment of the potatoes on the tenth floor of the Gemelli hospital. In the image, Francisco did not have nasal cannulas with which he receives oxygen with high flows during the day (at night he resorts to non -invasive mechanical ventilation, to a mask).
The sources explained that “for the first time” and shows this improvement, the Pope needs The minor oxygen flows during the day And in “small transfers” you can stop using nasal cannulas. Francisco, 88, was admitted from February 14 to twins due to bilateral pneumonia and, although it has gone through four difficult crises, in recent weeks he has experienced a slow and gradual improvement, leaving the “imminent danger”.