Portside

'The joy of living is decreasing, indecency and violence are on the rise, and poverty is becoming more evident.

'... We have created new idols, the ancient worship the golden calf has found a new and ruthless image in fetishism of money and the dictatorship of the economy without purpose nor a truly human face.

'It reduces man to one of its demands, consumption and even worse, the human being is today considered himself as a commodity that you can use and then throw away.

'... Financiers, economists and politicians consider God as manageable, even dangerous because it calls man to his full realization and independence from any kind of slavery.

'... While the income of a minority is growing exponentially, that of the majority weakens.'