万国博览会

5月1日，2015年米兰世博会隆重开幕。今年博览会的主题是“滋养地球——生命的能量”，向人们展示了当今世界不同国家如何看待食物的有趣全景。工业化国家的展馆反映了典型的环境，食品丰富，浪费已成为一种习惯。相比之下，有一些穷国的展览，那里的粮食生产和供应仍然很困难，没有保证能够养活所有的人口。教皇方济各在他的世博就职演说中正是对这两个方面进行了阐述。他谴责了教皇约翰·保罗二世(Pope John Paul II) 1992年在粮农组织演讲中创造的“富足悖论”，并提醒我们，这种悖论至今仍存在。教宗敦促世博会不要陷入这种矛盾，不要造成更多的食物浪费和变质，而是要为未来发展一个公平和可持续的模式做出贡献。此外，他指出，世博会“养活地球”的主题不应该仅仅是一个口号，而应该让人们想起“今天数百万人还在挨饿，不能像每个人应有的那样吃”。教皇方济各传达的信息是强有力的，这些话不能也不能被忽视。我们必须接受这一信息，并推动我们找到可信的解决方案，正如教皇所提醒我们的那样，世博会是一个“全球化团结的大好时机”，一个不容浪费的机会。 Italy can become a driving force in this change, not only through its role in hosting the Expo, but even more so because of its grand tradition of food. The Charter of Milan, a document which was drawn up and launched at Expo, is a significant first step, a challenge that Italy has made to the world institutions, setting forth objectives for a 50% reduction of food waste by the year 2020, the development of sustainable agriculture and creating awareness about food. The challenge that Italy had laid down to other large nations is a formidable one; it reflects our concern for the needs of the weak, for those who come from less fortunate countries as well as for the future generations who not have enough natural resources to keep pace with their growing demands for food. Therefore, as Pope Frances put so adequately, as we stroll through the marvelous pavilions of Expo, it is essential to see, even if hidden, “the true protagonist of this event: the faces of the men and women who are hungry and who become sick and even die because of poor and bad nutrition”. These people deserve rapid and concrete answers. Putting an end to this violation of human dignity, after a Universal Exposition devoted to feeding the plant – energy for life, can no longer be left waiting.

但丁·马尔科·德·法韦里