A quote from Pope Francis:
"I believe that building a better world can be summarized in the things we have spoken about here together", he said; "that every person must be acknowledged in their identity. But identity does not exist without belonging. Try to offer a sense of belonging. One of you asked me: if a boy or a girl does not have a sense of belonging, how is it possible to help him or her? At least offer a sort of virtual belonging … so that in this way he or she will have an identity. A person without an identity has no future. It is therefore urgent to offer this belonging of any type, but which lets someone feel they belong to a group, a family, an organization, something, and this can give them an identity. Identity and belonging".
-- Address to participants of Scholas Occurrentes, May 30, 2016
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