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Pope Francis had a message for European when he addressed them in the European Parliament. He attacked Europe's 'throwaway '. He said the , the seriously ill and unborn children are ignored. He said technology and are now more important than people. He said men and women were just " in a machine that treats them as of consumption". He added that: "Whenever a life no longer proves useful for that machine, it is ." He called it the "consequence of a throwaway culture, and an uncontrolled ".

The Pope criticised Europe's politicians and . He said Europe's dynamic, and artistic cultures were disappearing because of bureaucracy. He said great were being replaced by "the bureaucratic technicalities of its " which were "downright " to people. The Pope warned that Europe risked losing its of community. He said: "One of the most diseases in Europe today is the loneliness of those who have no with others. This is especially true of the elderly, who are often abandoned to their , and also in the young."

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