Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) – With the first easing of the Corona requirements, the bishops from Baden and Württemberg are appealing to politics and society to keep an eye on the losers of the crisis. It is the time of solidarity with those who emerged from the corona pandemic at a disadvantage, according to the common Pentecost word of the bishops of the four large churches in Baden-Württemberg. “Now it is time to shape the new present”, write the four clergy in their joint message. «Let’s not look the other way! Let’s give the disadvantaged the chance of a successful future. “
The Corona crisis is still a time of illness, loss, privation and restrictions, it also says in this year’s Pentecost word. “At the same time, the last few weeks and months have shown how much we need solidarity and mindfulness, closeness and charity.”
Children and young people in particular suffered from the consequences of the crisis in the long term. “They especially threaten to stumble,” write the regional bishops Frank Otfried July (Württemberg regional church) and Jochen Cornelius-Bundschuh (Baden regional church) as well as Archbishop Stephan Burger (Archdiocese of Freiburg) and Bishop Gebhard Fürst (Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart) in their message published on Thursday. «Our education system must be measured by the fact that it enables equal educational opportunities. The families need relief, now », the clergy continue to demand. Many companies and employees would also suffer permanently from the economic consequences of the lockdown.
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