For a culture of ‘us’ and care

Abstract

In his message for the 54th World Day of Peace, entitled A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace, Pope Francis invited us “to care for one another and for creation in our efforts to build a more fraternal society.” The experience of the pandemic has profoundly affected humanity, revealing its fragility and the need to invest in relationships to escape from the condition of solitude, which is at the origin of so much unhappiness and loss of meaning. In a time characterized by egocentrism, which places one’s own interest at the center to the detriment of everything that is common, it is essential to develop and spread a culture of “us,” which makes care an expression of friendly, human and evangelical responsibility, capable of looking at the other and responding to his needs. The christian model of care is the Good Samaritan.