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Bishop @silviojbaez preaching (Mark 6:34)
"He saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things."

👉🏾"In many of our countries today, people live like "sheep without a shepherd"...
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"In many of our countries today, people live like "sheep without a shepherd", not only because of the scandalous lack of trustworthy leadership but also because those who rise to power have no compassion for the people."
@silviojbaez
📸brightblightcafe/Flickr
Posoltega, 1999
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"When there is compassion in politics, the dignity of each person is respected, leaders seek the welfare of all, they promote freedom, and foster social plurality as an asset...."
Bishop @silviojbaez
Homily 18 July 21
#GospelOfTheDay
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Bishop @silviojbaez preaching: "When compassion is lacking, human rights are trampled underfoot, leaders sow hatred and fear, they cruelly exploit the people, and seek to impose ideological and partisan uniformity by force..."

📸 Settela Steinbach en route to Auschwitz
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"...Those who exercise power without compassion live with this obsession: holding on to power. To achieve this, they strip the people of their freedom, condemn them to poverty, and repress them in a criminal manner."
Bishop @silviojbaez
18 July 2021
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Bishop @silviojbaez preaching on Mark 6:34 "Lack of compassion for the people leaves dark and petty interests to determine the course of politics, turning those who govern into legalized criminals and Looters of State..."
📸Hitler & Galeazzo Ciano, 1938 rally
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"How badly we need politicians who are genuinely disturbed by the state of society, the people, the lives of the poor! (cf. Evangelii Gaudium 205) We are so much in need of political leaders who have compassion for the people, as Jesus had!"
Bishop @silviojbaez
📸Darren&Brad
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