“The personal dimension of rejection is inevitably accompanied by a social dimension, a culture of rejection which severs the deepest and most authentic human bonds, leading to the breakdown of society and spawning violence and death.
We see painful evidence of this in the events reported daily in the news, not least the tragic slayings which took place in Paris a few days ago. Other people "are no longer regarded as beings of equal dignity, as brothers or sisters sharing a common humanity, but rather as objects" (Message for the 2015 World Day of Peace, 8 December 2014, 4). Losing their freedom, people become enslaved, whether to the latest fads, or to power, money, or even deviant forms of religion.
These are dangers which I pointed out in my recent Message for the World Day of Peace, which dealt with the issue of today’s multiple forms of enslavement. All of them are born of a corrupt heart, a heart incapable of recognizing and doing good, of pursuing peace.” (Pope Francis, from his recent address to the Diplomatic Corps)
Read the full transcript at:
http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-francis-address-to-the-diplomatic-corps