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To participants at the International Conference on "Drugs and Addictions: an Obstacle to Integral Human Development" (1 December 2018) | Francis

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ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "DRUGS AND ADDICTIONS: AN OBSTACLE TO INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT" Clementine Hall Saturday, 1 December 2018 [Multimedia] Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am pleased to receive you at the conclusion of this International Congress on Drugs and Addictions. I offer all of you a cordial greeting and I thank Cardinal Turkson for his words of introduction to our meeting. In these days, you have discussed issues and problems linked to the troubling phenomenon of narcotics and other forms of addiction, old and new, which pose an obstacle to integral human development. Communities everywhere are challenged by current social and cultural changes and by pathologies derived from a secularized climate marked by consumerist capitalism, self-sufficiency, a loss of values, an existential void, and a weakening of bonds and relationships. Drug addiction, as has often been pointed out, is an open wound in our society; its

To participants at the International Conference on "Drugs and Addictions: an Obstacle to Integral Human Development" (1 December 2018) A A A PDF generation in progress..... DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - PT ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "DRUGS AND ADDICTIONS: AN OBSTACLE TO INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT" Clementine Hall Saturday, 1 December 2018 [ Multimedia ] Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am pleased to receive you at the conclusion of this International Congress on Drugs and Addictions. I offer all of you a cordial greeting and I thank Cardinal

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