POPE Francis lauded social movements as an army of solidarity and hope in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday.
The pontiff used his Easter message to warn of global structural inequality, which he said has increased with the spread of Covid-19.
He called on world leaders to put people at the centre of their plans and called for a universal basic income for all that “have been excluded from the benefits of globalisation.”
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