Pope Francis: "In the name of God, give vaccines to everyone and liberalize patents"
"Changing the economic model: we need a universal wage and a reduction in working hours"
Change "our socio-economic models, so that they have a human face, because so many models have lost it".
Pope Francis said this in a video message sent on the occasion of the meeting of the Popular Movements.
"I want to ask everyone in the name of God. To the great laboratories, that they liberalize patents. Make a gesture of humanity and allow every country, every people, every human being, to have access to the vaccine; to financial groups and international organizations of credit to allow poor countries to guarantee the basic needs of their people and to forgive those debts "made against the interests of the peoples.
The Pontiff called into question all those who can change the economic system: "I want to ask, in the name of God, the great mining, mining, oil, forestry, real estate, agri-food companies, to stop destroying forests, wetlands and mountains, stop polluting rivers and seas, stop poisoning people and food. I want to ask, in the name of God, the big food companies - he continued - to stop imposing monopolistic production structures and distributions that inflate prices and end up keeping the hungry's bread. I want to ask, in the name of God, arms manufacturers and traffickers to completely stop their activity, which foments violence and war ".
A request also involved big-techs: "I want to ask, in the name of God, the tech giants to stop exploiting human frailty, people's vulnerabilities, for gains, regardless of how hate speech increases, grooming, child grooming on the internet, fake news, fake news, conspiracy theories, political manipulation. I want to ask, in the name of God, the telecommunication giants to liberalize access to educational content and exchange with teachers through the internet, so that poor children can receive an education in quarantine contexts ".
To change the economic model, according to the Holy Father, it would also be necessary to introduce "the universal wage and the reduction of the working day. A minimum income or universal salary, so that every person in this world can access the most elementary goods of life".
The Pope then asks to "work less so that more people have access to the labor market".
For the Pontiff, these are "necessary measures".
(Unioneonline / F)
