00:00During his intervention, Pablo XIV referred to the processes of globalization and the importance to include all sectors to build
00:06a common future.
00:09Benedict XVI observed that the processes of globalization, suitably understood and directed, open up the unprecedented possibility of a large
00:19-scale redistribution of wealth.
00:26On a worldwide scale, if badly directed, however, they can lead to an increase in poverty and inequality and could
00:35even trigger a global crisis.
00:39Pope Francis, drawing on his extensive experience of the tensions present in the Global South, highlighted the importance of what
00:47can be understood only on the peripheries of the great centers of power and decision-making.
00:55He wrote,
00:56What is needed is a model of social, political and economic participation that can include popular movements and invigorate local,
01:05national and international governing structures with that torrent of moral energy that springs from the excluded in the building of
01:15a common destiny.
01:19And on his visit to Algeria, Pablo XIV went to the great mosque of Alger's Hama al-Hasair on Monday
01:26during his first apostolic journey to Africa.
01:29The historic visit marked the first time a pope has set foot on Algerian soil and visited this iconic place
01:34of worship, which is the largest mosque in Africa and the third largest in the world.
01:38At the mosque, the pope emphasized the need to build bridges between Christians and Muslims calling for forgiveness and reconciliation
01:45amid global tensions.
01:46As a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, Pope Francis highlighted his spiritual connection to the country where the
01:53saint lived and died.
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