Sunday, February 21, 2010

Pope urges human dignity

Pope Benedict XVI stressed on Saturday the primacy of human dignity, even in the face of a terrorist threat, in a meeting with Italy's civil aviation chiefs.

"In every action, it is above all essential to protect and value the human person in their integrity", the pope said to an audience including the head of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) and its staff.

"Respecting these principles can seem particularly complex and difficult in the present context", the pope said to the audience that also included Transport Minister Altero Matteoli.

"The economic crisis has had problematic effects on the civil aviation sector", he said, as well as "the international terrorist threat which, precisely, has in its line of fire airports and aircraft to realise its destructive schemes".

"Even in this situation, one must never forget that respecting the primacy of the human person and attention to his or her needs does not make the service less efficient nor penalise economic management".

"On the contrary", the pope said, "this represents important guarantees for real efficiency and true quality".
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