These days we hear a lot about ‘social distancing’. Perhaps the real social distancing is the way that the great majority of us can get on with our lives seemingly or ‘anaesthetised’ to the tremendous suffering, inequality and neglect around us. Solidarity with the poor and vulnerable, Pope Francis says, means looking into their faces, sensing their closeness and trying to help them. It never tolerates any assault on human life or the human dignity of any person. We are called to have a ‘gaze transformed by charity’, which touches our hearts like the Good Samaritan every minute of every day. Our civilisation is not omnipotent, so we need to respect the innate dignity of one another – from family to stranger – with love and practical support, so that the human race can flourish.
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