Pope Francis has sent out a stern warning saying the world is risking a doomsday scenario if the world would not stop abusing its resources for profit. He made the above statement at the 2nd International Conference on Nutrition this morning in Rome.
The Pontiff urged world leaders to put aside their greed and help the poor and hungry. He said, ''God always forgive, but the earth does not.'' 'Take care of the earth, so that it does not respond with destruction.''
The 77-year old said the world had paid too little heed to those who are hungry. And that 805 million people are still undernourished. He further stated, ''it is painful to see the struggle against hunger and malnutrition hindered by market priorities, the primacy of profit which reduce foodstuffs to a commodity like any other subject to financial speculation..''
The declaration focus on improving access to healthy food but also growing problem of inactive over-eaters. The Pope in ending his speech said, ''Feed the hungry, save life on the planet.''
The three-day conference organised by the Unifood Agency (FAO) and World Health organisation (WHO) was aimed at tackling malnutrition and had representatives from 190 countries.
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