The pope has asked to get rid of the "drugs" of mobile phones – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

Pope Francis asked the youths to "get rid of the dependence" on mobile phones, which he called "drugs", and urged them to "fight against bullying" during his speech in front of the students of a public school in Rome. , that he received at the Vatican.

"Free yourself from cell phone addiction! They are a big step forward, a great help and you have to use them, but if you become a slave to the phone, you lose your freedom," said the pontiff to the students of the phone. Ennio Quirino Visconti School. Rome

He also reminded them that since there was a drug addiction, "the cell phone is also a drug" that "can reduce communication to mere contacts," Efe reported.

"Life is communicating and not just mere contacts," the Argentine pope told the students, whom he asked to fight against bullying that is related to "a war" and said that it was hurt to know that this phenomenon existed in many schools.

He also asked them not to be afraid of "diversities" and recalled that "the dialogue between different cultures enriches a country, enriches the homeland and directs us to a land of all and not only for some".

In another speech to the volunteers of the Italian Association of Donors of Organs (AIDO), gathered at the Vatican, the pontiff said the society was to respond with "concrete gestures of solidarity and solidarity". generous love "to what the Church considers as" threats to life ", such as abortion and euthanasia.

"In the face of the threats to life, which unfortunately we must attend almost daily, as in the case of abortion and euthanasia, society needs these concrete gestures of solidarity and solidarity. generous love, "he said.

He also hailed giving organs "to save other lives, preserve, recover and improve the health of many sick people who have no other alternative."