Vatican City (Vatican), 10 Apr. (LaPresse) – "Overall, there is a great deal of wealth in the world, yet the number of poor people is rising. Many hundreds of millions of people across the globe are living in extreme poverty and lack food, shelter, medical care, schools, electricity, drinking water and essential sanitation facilities. Yet there is disproportionate wealth that remains in the hands of the few. It is an unjust situation, in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to changing things. There is no determinism that condemns us to inequality." So said Pope Leo XIV whilst receiving INPS executives and staff in audience. “At the root of these inequalities is not a lack of resources, but the need to tackle solvable problems relating to their fairer distribution, to be achieved with moral integrity and honesty,” the Pope emphasised. “In this context, responding to people’s practical needs has always been at the heart of the Catholic Church’s concern, both in relation to the world of work and in providing aid to the needy.”