07 June, 2013 - Pope Francis posted a hard-hitting tweet on Friday against wastage
of food saying it is robbing the poor. “Consumerism has accustomed us to waste.
But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry,” the Pope wrote
on his Twitter handle @Pontifiex, underscoring what he said during this week’s general
audience on Wednesday, the United Nations World Environment Day. “Men and women
are sacrificed to the idols of money and consumption," the Pope had said. “Today,
we are suffering from a crisis which is not only about the just management of economic
resources, but also about concern for human resources, for the needs of our brothers
and sisters living in extreme poverty, and especially for the m any children in our
world lacking adequate education, health care and nutrition.” “Consumerism and a “culture
of waste” have led some of us to tolerate the waste of precious resources, including
food, while others are literally wasting away from hunger,” the Pope said. He urged
all to reflect on “this grave ethical problem in a spirit of solidarity grounded in
our common responsibility for the earth and for all our brothers and sisters in the
human family.