2024-01-17 11:06:00
He Pope Francisco said this Wednesday that “in Christianity the sexual instinct is not condemned” and criticized the “objectification” and toxic relationships that “lust” produces. “Attention: in Christianity the sexual instinct is not condemned. A book of the Bible, the Song of Songs, is a wonderful love poem between two couples,” said the pontiff during the General Audience that he led this Wednesday in The Vatican.
“Attention: in Christianity the sexual instinct is not condemned. A book of the Bible, the Song of Songs, is a wonderful love poem between two couples,” said the pontiff during the General Audience that he led this Wednesday in The Vatican.
The Pope’s direct reference to the issue of sexuality occurs in the midst of the attacks that the pontificate suffers for its openness to enabling blessings to the so-called “irregular” couples, including those of people of the same sex, and which provoked criticism from conservative sectors around the world.
For Francis, “however, this beautiful dimension of our humanity is not free of dangers” and he recalled words from the Bible about “an unhealthy handling of sexuality by some Christians.”
In that framework, the Pope spoke critically of “lust”; considered one of the seven deadly sins, “above all, because it devastates relationships between people.”
“To document such a reality, unfortunately daily news is enough. How many relationships that started in the best way They have then turned into toxic relationships, of possession of the other, lacking respect and a sense of limits?” Jorge Bergoglio asked during his catechesis in the Paul VI Hall of the Vatican.
In his meeting with nearly 6,500 faithful, the Pope also referred to “a second reason why lust is a dangerous vice.”
“Among all the pleasures of man, sexuality has a powerful voice. It involves all the senses; it lives in both the body and the psyche; if it is not disciplined with patience, if it is not inscribed in a relationship and a history in which “two individuals transform it into a loving dance, it becomes a chain that deprives man of freedom,” he said.
“Sexual pleasure is undermined by pornography: satisfaction without relationship that can generate forms of addiction,” he lamented anyway before suggesting that “winning the battle against lust, against the objectification of the other, can be a long-lasting endeavor.” lifetime”.
The request to Davos: “moral responsibility” in the fight against poverty
Francis also asked the participants of the Economic Forum taking place in Davos to assume “moral responsibility” of the “fight against poverty”, while hoping that the debates “take into account the urgent need to advance social cohesion, fraternity and reconciliation”.
“I hope that the participants in this year’s Forum are aware of the moral responsibility that each of us has in the fight against poverty, the achievement of development of all our brothers and sisters, and the search for peaceful coexistence among the people,” said the pontiff in a message sent this Wednesday and released by the Press office of the Holy See.
“This is the great challenge that the current moment poses to us. And if, in the achievement of these objectives, “our days seem to show signs of a certain regression”, it is still true that each new generation must take on the struggles and achievements of past generations, while setting his sights even higher,” Francis later added.
“In a world increasingly threatened by violence, aggression and fragmentation, it is essential that States and companies come together to promote a forward-looking ethical solution and robust models of globalization, which by their very nature must involve subordinate the search for power and individual gain, whether political or economic, for the common good of our human familygiving priority to the poor, the needy and those in the most vulnerable situations,” said the message addressed to the Executive President of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab.
“I hope that your debates take into account the urgent need to advance social cohesion, fraternity and reconciliation between groups, communities and States, to address the challenges before us,” the Pope then emphasized.
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