Corviale, Pantano, Anzio. Stabbings, shootings among very young people, femicides, gangs that are rampant and sow insecurity among the Romans. The Diocese of Rome has decided to take on the concern that rises from the peripheral parishes, from where informal reports come from parish priests increasingly detailed and disturbing. The general discomfort also caused by the growth of poverty affecting the lower income brackets was also measured by the Pope recently, on his visits to some diocesan areas. In a statement, the Vicariate has summarized the appeal to the Municipality of Rome and the Ministry of the Interior: «The institutions, responsible for the security of the neighborhoods and social policies, as well as civil society in its many components and our own Christian communities are invited to serious discernment and a punctual attention for a taking charge of the many discomforts suffered by our city».
The note released this morning marks an important passage. In the past, such explicit positions have rarely been recorded, a sign of a social climate that evidently according to the Church is changing. «The scenario is increasingly disturbing in Rome and its surroundings. Too much violence, too many victims, often very young. Very often in our city disputes are resolved with weapons in hand. The news events of recent days require a decisive assumption of responsibility and effective collaboration between the various educational agencies. What happened is very serious and we cannot surrender in the face of such ferocity; we cannot remain silent ignoring similar misdeeds».
For some time the Church at various levels insists on strengthening educational areas, to prevent children from growing up on the street without having adequate structures and supports, especially if they come from families in difficulty.«The Church of Rome in recent years has endeavored to counter inequalities, with the commitment made by Caritas, by parishes and by many associative realities scattered in the territory. But certainly this is not enough! Life is a gift from God and it would be time for our good intentions, already expressed in the past in similar circumstances, to become concrete expressions of the culture of life. We firmly say "no" to violence!».
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