Rediscovering the roots of solidarity in Europe

Private Audience of His Holiness Pope Francis with the members of the European Food Banks Federation.

Consistory Hall, Vatican 18 May 2019

Your experiences, even recent ones, take us back to the roots of solidarity in Europe; for they seek unity within concrete goodness. It is good to see languages, beliefs, traditions and different approaches converging, not for self-interest, but rather to give dignity to others.

His Holiness Pope Francis
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Giving food is never a gesture of disdain or even a degradation of human dignity. It is a gesture of solidarity, of concern, of fellowship and friendship which makes possible a more loving, more profound and more human relationship.

Jacques Vandenschrik
President, European Food Banks Federation
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