Pope
Francis addresses Milan Expo inauguration
(Vatican
Radio) Pope Francis on Friday participated in the opening ceremony of the 2015
edition of the Milan Expo – the Universal Exhibition that the northern Italian
city of Milan is hosting from May 1 to October 31, 2015, which this year is
focusing on the theme: Feeding the planet – energy for life.
Over
the course of the Expo’s six-month run, more than 140 participating
countries are to showcase the best of their technology and demonstrate its
usefulness in the cause of eradicating hunger and achieving global food
security. In addition to the exhibitor nations, the Expo also involves
international organizations, and expects to welcome over 20 million
visitors to its 1.1 million square meters of exhibition area.
In
a video message prepared for the inauguration on Friday, May 1, Pope Francis
said, “I would like to make myself the spokesman for all our brothers and
sisters, Christians and also non-Christians, as children whom God loves and for
whom He gave His life: He broke the bread, which is the flesh of his Son become
Man; He taught us to ask God the Father, ‘Give us this day our daily bread.’
The Expo is a propitious occasion to globalize solidarity. Let us not waste it,
but make the very most of it.”
The
Expo organizers hope the event will serve as a platform for the exchange of
ideas and shared solutions to the problem of food security, and give everyone –
visitors and participants – the opportunity to discover and taste some of
the world’s most delicious foods, while learning more about the best of the
agri-food and gastronomic traditions of each of the exhibitor countries.
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