Rome, 14 June (LaPresse) – “The absence of God no longer places people side by side in mutual respect, but one above the other, in the name of domination and oppression. This gives rise to a desecrating logic of abuse and exclusion that marginalises and humiliates. It is not only individuals who find themselves in this situation, but entire populations.” So said Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the World Day of the Poor.