POPE Francis has said: “The culture of waste can produce a mentality that infects everyone…..The culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more despicable when all over the world, unfortunately, many individuals and families are suffering from hunger and malnutrition….
Consumerism has led us to become used to an excess and daily waste of food, to which, at times. are no longer able to give a just value, which goes well beyond economic parameters.” Pope Francis spells this out even more clearly in the Encyclical Laudato Si which is available in the Narthex for $10 (special price).