{"id":1085029,"date":"2021-12-04T21:28:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T02:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1085029"},"modified":"2021-12-04T21:28:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T02:28:43","slug":"pope-francis-multilateralism-must-not-be-stifled-by-nationalistic-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-multilateralism-must-not-be-stifled-by-nationalistic-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: Multilateralism Must Not Be Stifled by \u2018Nationalistic Demands\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpope-francis-multilateralism-must-not-be-stifled-by-nationalistic-demands%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1085029&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 Pope Francis arrived on Saturday in Athens, Greece, where he launched an impassioned appeal for multilateralism, migrant reception, and combating climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Today, \u201cwe are witnessing a retreat from democracy,\u201d the pope <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2021\/december\/documents\/20211204-grecia-autorita.html\">told<\/a> Greek political leaders. \u201cDemocracy requires participation and involvement on the part of all; consequently, it demands hard work and patience. It is complex, whereas authoritarianism is peremptory and populism\u2019s easy answers appear attractive.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Universal participation should motivate our actions on a variety of fronts, the pontiff stated, underscoring \u201cthe climate, the pandemic, the common market and, above all, the widespread forms of poverty\u201d as issues above partisanship.<\/p>\n<p>The international community needs this cooperation \u201cin order to open up paths of peace through a multilateralism that will not end up being stifled by excessive nationalistic demands,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics needs this, in order to put common needs ahead of private interests,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Along with multilateralism, the pope placed special emphasis on a universal call to combat climate change, symbolized by the olive tree.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11991272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/climate-emergency.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/climate-emergency.jpg\" alt=\"Climate change activists, both young and old, take part in the international Strike for Climate protest in Los Angeles, California on May 24, 2019. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN \/ AFP) (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climate change activists, both young and old, take part in the international Strike for Climate protest in Los Angeles, California, on May 24, 2019 (FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is sad to see how, in recent years, many age-old olive trees have been burned, consumed by fires often caused by adverse weather conditions provoked in turn by climate changes,\u201d Francis said. \u201cAgainst the scarred landscape of this marvelous country, the olive tree can symbolize the determination to tackle the climate crisis and its devastation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my hope, in this regard, that the commitments assumed in the fight against climate changes may be more fully shared and seriously implemented, rather than remaining a mere fa\u00e7ade,\u201d he added. \u201cMay words be followed by deeds, lest children once more have to pay for the hypocrisy of their fathers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also returned to the topic of immigration, condemning Europe\u2019s self-interest in not welcoming more migrants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Greece \u201chas seen on some of its islands the arrival of numbers of our migrant brothers and sisters greater than the number of their native inhabitants; this has heightened the difficulties still felt in the aftermath of the economic crisis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15053597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Greece-samos-migrants.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15053597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Greece-samos-migrants.png\" alt=\"migrants\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">ARIS MESSINIS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYet Europe also continues to temporize: the European Community, prey to forms of nationalistic self-interest, rather than being an engine of solidarity, appears at times blocked and uncoordinated,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to encourage once again a global, communitarian vision with regard to the issue of migration, and to urge that attention be paid to those in greatest need, so that, in proportion to each country\u2019s means, they will be welcomed, protected, promoted and integrated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom this city, from this cradle of civilization, may there ever continue to resound a message that lifts our gaze both on high and towards others,\u201d Francis concluded, \u201cthat democracy may be the response to the siren songs of authoritarianism; and that individualism and indifference may be overcome by concern for others, for the poor and for creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 Pope Francis arrived on Saturday in Athens, Greece, where he launched an impassioned appeal for multilateralism, migrant reception, and combating climate change. 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