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Pope: Leftovers are food for thought, not waste
2018-07-29 22:15
Vatican City — Pope Francis says leftover grub should serve as food for thought instead of getting thrown out.
Francis told the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square on Sunday that people should "examine their conscience" about what to do with leftovers. He suggested using them for another meal or donating them.
Francis said: "I'm thinking of people who are hungry and how many leftovers we throw away."
The 81-year-old pope recommended asking grandparents for recipes that use leftovers. He often praises the elderly for their wisdom.
Francis said everyone should think about what happens to food leftover from big lunches and dinners.
If they do, he says the clear next step is to "cook them up again or donate them to whoever can eat them, who's in need".
Pope: Wasting food is stealing from the poor
Pope Francis blasts a 'culture of waste' that neglects the hungry
Paterno Esmaquel II
@paterno_ii
Published 1:07 AM, June 06, 2013
Updated 7:55 PM, October 10, 2014
NO LEFTOVERS. Pope Francis says wasting food is like stealing from the poor. File photo
MANILA, Philippines – It used to come from our parents' lips. Now, it's an appeal from the head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics: No leftovers, please.
Pope Francis on Wednesday, June 5, blasted a “culture of waste,” calling it "more despicable" because it neglects the plight of the hungry. He said this in his weekly general audience, which coincided with World Environment Day.
“Once our grandparents were very careful not to throw away any leftover food. Consumerism has led us to become used to an excess and daily waste of food, to which, at times, we are no longer able to give a just value, which goes well beyond mere economic parameters,” the Pope said.
“We should all remember, however, that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the the poor, the hungry! I encourage everyone to reflect on the problem of thrown away and wasted food to identify ways and means that, by seriously addressing this issue, are a vehicle of solidarity and sharing with the needy."
Nearly 870 million people around the world suffer from chronic malnutrition, according to the latest data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). (Read: Solving the world's 'greatest solvable' problem: Hunger)
Every year, 1.3 billion tons of food end up wasted.
Named after a 12th-century friar who left his riches, Pope Francis also deplored how poverty has become “the norm.” He took a jab at how the media portrays the poor.
He said: “If in so many parts of the world there are children who have nothing to eat, that's not news, it seems normal. It cannot be this way! Yet these things become the norm: that some homeless people die of cold on the streets is not news. In contrast, a 10-point drop on the stock markets of some cities is a tragedy. A person dying is not news, but if the stock markets drop 10 points it is a tragedy!”
“Thus people are disposed of, as if they were trash,” said Francis, attributing this problem to the “dynamics of an economy and finance that lack ethics.”
The Pope explained: “God our Father did not give the task of caring for the earth to money, but to us, to men and women: we have this task! Instead, men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.'”
Francis has made uplifting the poor a key theme of his papacy.
In May, the Pope slammed the “fetishism of money”while millions remain displaced, abused, and even trafficked. He also blasted slave labor in Bangladesh.
Pope: Leftovers are food for thought, not waste
2018-07-29 22:15
Vatican City — Pope Francis says leftover grub should serve as food for thought instead of getting thrown out.
Francis told the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square on Sunday that people should "examine their conscience" about what to do with leftovers. He suggested using them for another meal or donating them.
Francis said: "I'm thinking of people who are hungry and how many leftovers we throw away."
The 81-year-old pope recommended asking grandparents for recipes that use leftovers. He often praises the elderly for their wisdom.
Francis said everyone should think about what happens to food leftover from big lunches and dinners.
If they do, he says the clear next step is to "cook them up again or donate them to whoever can eat them, who's in need".
Pope: Wasting food is stealing from the poor
Pope Francis blasts a 'culture of waste' that neglects the hungry
Paterno Esmaquel II
@paterno_ii
Published 1:07 AM, June 06, 2013
Updated 7:55 PM, October 10, 2014
NO LEFTOVERS. Pope Francis says wasting food is like stealing from the poor. File photo
MANILA, Philippines – It used to come from our parents' lips. Now, it's an appeal from the head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics: No leftovers, please.
Pope Francis on Wednesday, June 5, blasted a “culture of waste,” calling it "more despicable" because it neglects the plight of the hungry. He said this in his weekly general audience, which coincided with World Environment Day.
“Once our grandparents were very careful not to throw away any leftover food. Consumerism has led us to become used to an excess and daily waste of food, to which, at times, we are no longer able to give a just value, which goes well beyond mere economic parameters,” the Pope said.
“We should all remember, however, that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the the poor, the hungry! I encourage everyone to reflect on the problem of thrown away and wasted food to identify ways and means that, by seriously addressing this issue, are a vehicle of solidarity and sharing with the needy."
Nearly 870 million people around the world suffer from chronic malnutrition, according to the latest data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). (Read: Solving the world's 'greatest solvable' problem: Hunger)
Every year, 1.3 billion tons of food end up wasted.
Named after a 12th-century friar who left his riches, Pope Francis also deplored how poverty has become “the norm.” He took a jab at how the media portrays the poor.
He said: “If in so many parts of the world there are children who have nothing to eat, that's not news, it seems normal. It cannot be this way! Yet these things become the norm: that some homeless people die of cold on the streets is not news. In contrast, a 10-point drop on the stock markets of some cities is a tragedy. A person dying is not news, but if the stock markets drop 10 points it is a tragedy!”
“Thus people are disposed of, as if they were trash,” said Francis, attributing this problem to the “dynamics of an economy and finance that lack ethics.”
The Pope explained: “God our Father did not give the task of caring for the earth to money, but to us, to men and women: we have this task! Instead, men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.'”
Francis has made uplifting the poor a key theme of his papacy.
In May, the Pope slammed the “fetishism of money”while millions remain displaced, abused, and even trafficked. He also blasted slave labor in Bangladesh.
