
(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 09 OTT - The Pope at the Angelus recalled the Second Vatican Council and the fact that then, as now, there was a danger of nuclear conflict: "Speaking of the beginning of the Council 60 years ago, we cannot forget the danger of nuclear war that just then threatened the world. Why," he asked, "do we not learn from history? Even at that time there were conflicts and great tensions, but the peaceful way was chosen. It is written in the Bible, 'Thus says the Lord: Stop in the streets and look, inquire about the paths of the past, where the good way is, walk it, so you will find peace for your life.'" Earlier, in his homily at the Mass for the canonization of Artemis Zatti and John Baptist Scalabrini, who dealt with migrants all his life, Francis had stressed that "the exclusion of migrants is disgusting, it is sinful, it is criminal." "Not opening the doors" to migrants means sending them "to lagers where they are exploited and are sold as slaves," the pontiff stressed. "Common illness and frailty make barriers fall and overcome all exclusion," the Pontiff added, "This is a beautiful image for us as well: when we we are honest with ourselves, we remember that we are all sick at heart, that we are all sinners, all in need of the Father's mercy. And then we stop dividing ourselves according to merits, the roles we play or some other outward aspect of life, and inner walls fall down, prejudices fall down. So, finally, we rediscover ourselves as brothers." Francis quidi argued that he is "afraid when I see Christian communities that divide the world into good and bad, into saints and sinners: thus we end up feeling better than others and keeping out so many whom God wants to embrace. Please always include: in the Church as in society, still marked by so many inequalities and marginalizations. Include everyone." (ANSA).