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教皇方济各向意大利社会中的物质主义和个人主义倾向发出挑战，敦促民众为了国家的福祉提升生育率，以应对去年降至15年来最低点的严峻形势。    The government of Venezuela is set to offer stakes in the state-owned Banco de Venezuela and telecom service provider CANTV in the coming weeks, it’s being reported.,Announcing the Banco de Venezuela public offering at a news conference in June, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said the move would “give impetus to the national stock market” and “open the doors” of the enterprises “to national and international investors in local currency or foreign currency.”,“I think an important time has come for the Venezuelan Stock Market,” she said, stressing that while Venezuelans are “taking the first step with the Bank of Venezuela… the telecommunications company CANTV is coming soon.”,The public offering is the latest in a series of moves by authorities in the Caribbean nation to correct the course of their ailing economy. In late July, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed a law designating a number of Special Economic Zones in the country, with an eye towards ultimately transcending “the oil rentier model.”,Venezuela has been plagued for years by shortages, extreme inflation, and other serious issues caused in large part by Washington’s unilateral sanctions regime aimed at crippling the country’s economy.,To make matters worse, last week, the British Supreme Court ruled that approximately $2 billion in Venezuelan gold that’s currently being held in the Bank of England belongs to opposition leader Juan Guaido, rather than the elected government.,Maduro’s administration has indicated it will appeal the decision, but it seems unlikely that authorities in Caracas will prevail, especially given the UK’s extensive history of plotting against the Venezuelan government.,While intermittent power outages continue to interfere with oil exports, there are growing signs that Venezuela may have finally turned the corner financially and could soon stand on its own feet once again. Earlier this year, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean forecast that the economy will grow by 5.0% this year – the highest in all of South America.,The normalization of ties with Colombia’s incoming Gustavo Petro administration will also provide ample opportunities for increased income and reduced military expenditures. Business groups on both sides of the Colombia-Venezuela border say its planned reopening – which could come as soon as this week – should provide around $1.2 billion in trade by the end of the year.。

方济各在最近的演讲中，恳请意大利民众为国家的未来贡献更多生命力。面对意大利出生率持续下滑至全球垫底水平，并于去年跌至15年来的新低，仅记录了37900例新生儿，方济各在5月10日的家庭友好集会上发出了深切的呼吁。据euronews.com报道，他不仅鼓励意大利家庭增加生育，还倡导实施更多扶持家庭的政策。

“出生人口是衡量一个民族希望的首要指标，”教宗强调，“缺乏儿童和青年，国家就会失去对未来的憧憬。”

方济各认为，当前“自私、消费主义和个人主义”是导致出生率下降的根本原因，并提出了一揽子策略建议，旨在消除不稳定的就业合同、降低购房门槛，以及确保女性无需在母职与职业生涯间作出艰难抉择。

“我们世界的症结并非孩子太多，而是自私、消费主义和个人主义让人们感到满足于自我封闭与不幸福，”他指出，家庭中宠物与物质的堆积正逐步取代孩子的笑声，让许多家庭变成了“满载物品却空洞无童声的悲伤之地，宠物或许不缺，唯独缺少了孩子的欢笑。

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这位87岁的教宗鼓励年轻人怀抱希望，勇往直前。

C | “我理解，在出生率下降、战争、疫情和环境变化的阴影下，未来对你们很多人而言显得动荡不安，保持乐观并不易。但请不要放弃，要心怀信念。”

他还批评了军备和避孕产业，指责这些行业分别破坏与阻碍生命，指出：“一位人口学家分享给我一个惊人的事实：现今最盈利的投资领域竟是军火工业和避孕产品。

D | 一方终结生命，另一方则阻止生命诞生……这样的未来何其黯淡。这景象让人痛心疾首。

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