Making the poor a priority isn't political, it's the Gospel, Pope says

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Opinion 

We as a country and community continue to be faced with the effects of COVID19 on the physical and mental health of people around us, we as a nation continue to go through the economic influences of the many forms of alert levels including lockdown and restricted business opportunity, we as a school on a daily basis are faced with concerned students who worry that the measures put in place throughout the country will negatively affect their academic results. 

At this time the Pope reminds us that all the energy expended on political speak through the media and in particular on social media would be best turned towards the vulnerable and marginalized people around us, in assisting them with what they need. We are only as good as the worst in our community, we are only as rich as the poorest among us. So much of what we do as a Catholic community is good, but will it ever be enough. In theory, we all have room in our hearts to help out our neighbours, but when it comes to the hard-faced facts, do we take action?

The Pope said the pandemic, "has exposed the plight of the poor and the great inequality that reigns in the world" and it has made those inequalities and discrimination even worse. The Pope also points out that the call to come out of the pandemic as quickly as possible to regain normal life is not where our focus should be, but instead we should be aiming for life to be better than before, a healthier world, in body, mind and soul.

"May the Lord help us and give us the strength to come out of it better, responding to the needs of today's world." Pope Francis.