VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Monday warned of the dangers of “cancel culture”, denouncing a “single thought” aimed at denying or rewriting history according to contemporary standards.
During the traditional ceremony of greetings to the diplomatic corps, the Sovereign Pontiff also denounced the ideological disinformation “without foundation” about vaccines against COVID-19 and supported the vaccine campaigns. The Pope also saw health care as a moral obligation.
Pope Francis also spoke of the crisis of confidence in multilateral diplomacy which has led, he said, to “agendas increasingly dictated by a state of mind that rejects the natural foundations of humanity and cultural roots. which constitute the identity of many peoples “.
In December, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State for the Holy See, expressed concern over a European Union project calling on no longer to use the word “Christmas”.
The Vatican saw it as an attempt to erase the Christian roots of Europe. The project has been withdrawn.
In his speech on Monday, Pope Francis warned against “a form of ideological colonization, which leaves no room for freedom of expression and which today takes the form of the ‘cancel culture’ which is invading many people. many areas and public institutions “.
The Pope used these two words in English in the middle of a long speech in Italian.
(Philip Pullella report, French version Matthieu Protard)
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