Remembering the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 40 years later, Pope Leo underlined that “it has marked the conscience of humanity”. The accident “remains a warning of the risks inherent in the use of increasingly powerful technologies”he adds. And, while praying for the victims and for “those who still suffer the consequences”, he hopes that “at all decision-making levels, discernment and responsibility will always prevail, because every use of atomic energy is at the service of life and peace.”
First, explaining the Gospel of John and the thief who enters the enclosure to steal, he insists on the need to be vigilant. AND indicates thieves in those people who «plunder the earth’s resources, fight bloody wars or
by fueling evil in any form, they do nothing but rob all of us of the possibility of a peaceful future and serenity.”
Furthermore, “thieves” can take on many faces: they are those who, despite appearances, suffocate our freedom or do not respect our dignity; they are beliefs and prejudices that prevent us from having a serene outlook on others and on life; they are wrong ideas that can lead us to make negative choices; they are superficial or consumerist lifestyles, which empty us inside and push us to always live outside ourselves.” This is why we need to trust in God who never takes anything away from us, rather he gives us life and ask ourselves how well we were able to keep thieves from entering our enclosure.
