Vatican City (Fides Service) - "If we want a future worthy of mankind, the family cannot be forgotten, and we must realize to the full the repercussions of its destruction, as it emerges from the demographic question". Cardinal Lopez Trujillo, head of Pontifical Council for Family, said this in an interview with Fides Service. If we want a future worthy of mankind, the family cannot be forgotten, and everyone must be aware of the effects of its destruction, as it emerges from the demographic problem. The myth of overpopulation has collapsed as we can see from the present figures compared to estimates made years back. It was said that by 2050 the world population, today a little more than 6 billion, would be 11 billion! Whereas to day according to experts such as Dumont, with reliable information, the figure will be nearly 9 billion. The problems lies not in the quantity, but rather quality. Resources, instead of diminishing, with work, imagination and respect for the environment, will grow and so will solidarity of rich countries towards poor countries.
The Pope often encourages "globalisation of solidarity. Rich countries must not love closed in their egoism, indifference, this would be "social Darwinism" in which the strongest, the riches survive and the poor fall exhausted along the way, without help or hope. One terrible problem is when children have no family. This is real poverty." (Fides Service 23/1/2003)