Francisco: "The poor pay the highest price for the destruction of the environment" | Chronic

Pope Francisco warned about the consequences of the degradation of the environment and, in particular, pointed out that the destruction of the Amazon "will have global repercussions"

The Pope made these statements in the message he sent to the participants of the "II Laudato Si Community Forum" which, under the title "Planet Amazon", was being developed in the Italian city of Amatrice, a city devastated by the August earthquake. of 2016.

According to the pontiff, the purpose of the meeting is "reflect on the serious and unsustainable situation of the Amazon and the peoples who inhabit it"

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The pope emphasized the will of participants in the forum "sound loud and clear that it is the poor who pay the highest price for the destruction of the environment"."Injuries caused to the environment are inexorably hurt and caused to humanity the most helplesshe recalled.

In his message, Francisco drew attention to the fact that "the situation in the Amazon is the sad paradigm of what is happening in more parts of the planet: a blind and destructive mentality favoring the benefit of justice; which highlights the predatory attitude with which the man relates to the nature"In addition, he warned:"Everything that happens in the Amazon will have repercussions at the planetary level, but thousands of men and women expelled from its territory, transformed into foreigners on their own land, deprived of their own culture and traditions, have already destroys the millennial balance that united these people with their lands"."The man can not be an indifferent spectator in this situation, and the Church can not remain silent"he said.

Last week, the National Institute of Space Research (INPI), an agency of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, announced that the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon recorded in June had increased by 60 % compared to the same month in 2018. this data is the worst for this month since 2016. The area that was reduced last month was 762.3 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the extension of the city ​​of Belo Horizonte, in the north-east of the country.