The city accessible to all, inclusive, tourism that does not raise social barriers, climate change. Pope Francis speaks of a beautiful and fragile Venice in his homily.
«Today we look at Venice with enchanting beauty but we are worried about the things that threaten it: climate change, the fragility of cultural heritage buildings but also that of people. An environment that is on a human scale, with adequate management of tourism and everything it produces: we don’t want frayed social relations, selfishness.”
Climate change, sustainable tourism: the pope’s full homily in Venice
April 28, 2024
Again: «We need cities to become hospitable, inclusive places. Venice is called to be a sign of beauty accessible to all».
Many references to Venice: “this city built on water and recognized for its uniqueness is one with the waters on which it stands.
Without care and protection it could cease to exist. So does our life: we who were generated by baptism with holy water. The sap of God’s love flows within us, without which we become dry branches.”
