Pope Francis: Foster a culture
that recognizes the value of life
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| Pope Francis meets with members of the Institute Hospitals of the Innocents (Vatican Media) |
Pope Francis on Friday meets with members of the Institute
Hospitals of the Innocents based in the Italian city of Florence, which is
marking its 600th anniversary. In his prepared remarks the Pope stressed that
“we need a culture that recognizes the value of life.”
The Hospital of the Innocents was built by Filippo
Brunelleschi in the fifteenth century and is located in the historic city of
Florence. It was the first institution of its kind in Europe designed to
care for and raise orphaned or abandoned children.
Today, it is an institute that promotes the rights of
children and adolescents through a number of services and activities. In
addition to residential and educational activities, the Institute also carries
out the most recent research and monitoring activities on the condition of children.
In the Vatican on Friday, Pope Francis met with members of
the Institute of the hospital and in prepared remarks to those gathered, he
stressed that the best of care should be given to the poor, the vulnerable and
those living on the peripheries of society.
Among the most vulnerable people the Pope added, “we must
take care of the many rejected children, robbed of their childhood and their
future; minors who face desperate journeys to escape from hunger or war.”
He emphasized the plight of mothers whose children do not
see the light of day because they “are subject to economic, social and cultural
conditioning that pushes them to renounce that wonderful gift that is the birth
of a child.”
“How much we need a culture that recognizes the value of
life”, the Pontiff said, “a culture that recognizes in every face, even the
smallest, the face of Jesus.”
The Pope underlined the importance making sure that “no
mother finds herself in the position of having to abandon her child.”
We must also ensure, he continued, “that in the face of any
event, even tragic, that may separate a child from his parents, there are
facilities and paths of care in which the child is always protected and cared
for…”
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