00:18A remarkable ability to recover, organize themselves, and start again.
00:33We are live with Paul Belial, 14, that is at the Catholic University of Argentina.
00:41These are the live words of the representatives of the church that are with him in this gathering and in
00:50this meeting.
00:51Let's listen.
00:54There are stories that reflect not only the difficulties they faced, but also their ability to create, produce, organize themselves,
01:03and move forward.
01:07At the end of each address, each will share a question or a concern.
01:21But beforehand, we'd like to listen to a song, so that the harmony of music and the beauty of art
01:28may open our hearts and prepare us to receive what these individuals have to share with us.
01:38We entrust this moment to St. Joseph, the carpenter of Nazareth, after whom this building is named,
01:49and to Blessed Wenceslao Pedernera, martyr, agricultural worker, and promoter of cooperative organization among rural workers.
02:08Thank you, Ray, once again, Holy Father, for your care and concern for the world of work.
02:17And we're now going to hear the song, followed by the brief addresses and testimonies of the five persons mentioned.
02:47We're the North, we're the South.
02:50Somos cielos, somos luz, somos rÃos, somos mar
02:55Un solo pueblo al cantar
03:03Cada acento un color, cada tierra un nuevo son
03:09Diferentes y a la vez, un abrazo, una raÃz
03:14Bienvenido Papa León
03:20This is Pope Leo XIV at the Catholic University in Argentina
03:31They were with a song in which they were welcoming Pope Leo
03:38And were welcoming him in this event during his visit to Argentina
03:46He arrived yesterday and on Sunday in Argentina
03:54He laid his respects at the Seymour Inn Square Monument
04:01And then he received the key of the city in Casa Rosa
04:08And today he has continued his agenda in this country
04:19Let's remember that Pope Leo is continuing his visit to Argentina
04:24With an agenda at odds with the government's chains of policies
04:31The visit to Argentina is being interpreted as a recognition of his predecessor Pope Francis
04:37And his legacy, which he considers himself committed to continuing
04:44When Leo XIV arrived in Argentina this Sunday after completing his first leg of his Latin American tour in Uruguay
04:57The social focus of his journey and the large popular churns out witness at his previous top place at the
05:06Argentines administrations
05:08Before a visit to the church with significant political implications
05:15This was a folk tradition in Argentina which combines temperate respect
05:24This is a song showing joy and welcoming Pope Leo to Argentina for this visit
05:33And his meeting with the people in the country
05:39They are the testimonies that will begin Juan Martin, an entrepreneur
05:50There will be a presentation of a video that we can see in the screen
06:00This is a presentation to Pope Leo XIV for parts of different persons here
06:13We've seen this brief video that Juan Martin is presenting
06:20He is an enterprise writer
06:22So we can listen to him, his testimony that he's given to the Pope Leo XIV
06:31Let's listen
06:32Receiving it is not enough
06:34It must be reaffirmed
06:41During the most demanding years of my working life, my faith was shaken
06:45It was never extinguished, but I had to choose it again
06:54I experienced profound and everlasting pain when I watched my youngest daughter, Serena, die in my arms
07:05Today I choose to live my faith and love through my life, my family, my friends, work, and projects
07:11And those who accompany me, my community
07:14And over the past seven years I've dedicated myself to creating my own business ventures
07:21And to do so I've immersed myself in the issues surrounding climate change
07:27And studying and developing scalable alternative projects aimed at regenerating our common home
07:33I committed considerable time and financial resources to these discussions and ventures
07:38With the vision of turning theory into reality
07:42In my role as an advisor to mining companies, I've had the opportunity to participate in decision-making processes
07:49Concerning environmental and community impact
07:53As well as business matters
07:55Being able to work on the design, negotiation, and implementation of programs
07:59Addressing the real needs of communities
08:03Has been among the most rewarding aspects of my professional life
08:06Holy Father, there are many of us entrepreneurs and business owners
08:11Who want to do our work well and courageously
08:17And to treat those around us with kindness
08:19It's not easy
08:21Goodness is often mistaken for naivety
08:26And naivety is perceived as weakness that others can take advantage of
08:33We compete with those who speculate and dehumanize their employees
08:38And sometimes those entrusted with positions of responsibility to serve others
08:44Use them for personal gain
08:46I entrust this concern to you, Holy Father
08:48And ask you for a word of guidance
08:51To help us remain steadfast on this path of goodness
08:54Thank you very much
09:00Pope Leo, they're shaking hands with Juan Martin Allende
09:04Entrepreneur, sharing about his personal life
09:08Given in front of Pope Leo XIV
09:11That their exchange gift is
09:13And we will listen to Sarina
09:19These other testimonies
09:24She is a trade union representative
09:27And she has 30 seconds videos for the beginning
09:34And then she will give her words to Pope Leo XIV
09:40And then with the people that is in this meeting with him
09:46At the Catholic University of Argentina
09:51This is to know the person
09:55These brief videos are to know the persons
09:58That are going to give their testimonies
10:01Let's listen to her testimony
10:04And trade union representative
10:06A role I embrace with a sense of social commitment
10:09And a vocation for public service
10:11To accompany my fellow workers
10:13I've learned that trade union representation
10:16Is not simply a position
10:20But a journey of listening
10:21Empathy
10:22And embracing the person behind every job
10:30In times of uncertainty
10:32And profound transformation
10:34Our daily work involves defending
10:40People's livelihoods, employment
10:42And the dignity of families
10:44Building bridges
10:46And putting our hearts
10:48Into ensuring that
10:50No one is left alone in the face of injustice
10:54We're living through circumstances
10:56In which work is increasingly perceived
11:01As an expense or a loss
11:03As though people were forgetting
11:06That behind every worker
11:07There's a family
11:08And a human being who feels, lives, and thinks
11:16Artificial intelligence is being championed
11:19Without sufficient safeguards for human dignity
11:22Pushing people out of working life
11:25And distancing them from the common good
11:28Let's return today to the original meaning
11:31Of the word syndicate
11:33Those who work together
11:34To bring about justice
11:36We don't live to work
11:38We work in order to live with dignity
11:40When work loses its human meaning
11:45And becomes something disposable
11:48Human dignity is wounded
11:51And the entire community
11:53Is brought down with it
11:56Trade union organizations
11:58Recognize the church
12:00As a source of guidance
12:02And inspiration
12:04Accompanying the most vulnerable
12:06And filling them with faith and strength
12:08Holy Father
12:11We place the hopes
12:14Of the Argentine working people
12:16In your hands
12:17We ask you for a word of guidance
12:19To help us restore
12:21The sacred dignity of work
12:25And rekindle
12:27The inner fire
12:28Of work as a source of life and hope
12:33Sabrina Soledad-Sapone
12:35Their trade union representative
12:36Sharing her
12:38Life experience
12:39Hopes
12:41And wishes there
12:42With Pope Leo
12:44Thank you very much Sabrina
12:48Now we're going to hear from
12:52Veronica San Martin
12:54Who works with a cooperative
12:57In the field
12:59Of cooperatives
13:02And we're seeing the video
13:04Featuring
13:07Veronica
13:08And her life
13:09And the work
13:10She's involved in
13:20In the daily life
13:22This is Pope Leo
13:23So watching
13:24To hear the video
13:26Now
13:27Veronica has started
13:28To talk to the Pope Leo
13:30Let's listen to her
13:32In La Plata
13:33I'm the number
13:34I'm the mother of four daughters
13:37And I work as a waste picker
13:40Collecting
13:44Collecting recyclable materials
13:45From the streets
13:52I often say that those of us
13:53Who've been discarded
13:54By the system
13:55Have found a way
13:55To survive
13:56In the very things
13:57That others throw away
13:59Then we come together
14:02And organized ourselves
14:04Transforming this necessity
14:05Into work
14:06And dignity
14:07And rights
14:10This is why Pope Francis
14:11Called us social poets
14:15I used to work
14:16Cleaning a clinic
14:18And looking after children
14:18I lost my job
14:20And after experiencing
14:21Domestic violence
14:22At the hands of my partner
14:23I had to leave my home
14:24With my daughters
14:26That was when
14:28I began collecting waste
14:30Searching through rubbish
14:31For things I could sell
14:32In order to put food
14:33On the table
14:38I also encountered violence
14:40On the streets
14:40Because we are waste pickers
14:42We were often treated
14:43Like criminals
14:44Driven away
14:45And even had our carts
14:47Taken from us
14:50But it was on the streets
14:51That we found one another
14:52And organized ourselves
14:53We founded our cooperative
14:56Reclipsadores Unidos
14:57United Recyclers
14:58Which today has more than
14:59200 members
15:02We've won rights
15:03And demonstrated that
15:05Waste pickers are not rubbish
15:06We are workers
15:07We have dignity
15:07And through our work
15:09We care for our common home
15:10Today we also support
15:12People recovering from addiction
15:13And those leaving prison
15:14Who need an opportunity
15:16To start again
15:18Holy Father
15:20I would like to place
15:21In your hands
15:22The lives of so many
15:24Fellow workers
15:24Who
15:27Even extremely
15:29Difficult circumstances
15:30Go out to work
15:31Every day
15:32Organize themselves
15:33And support others
15:36We do not want to go backwards
15:38We want to continue working
15:39Organizing ourselves
15:40And
15:41And building dignity
15:43For our families
15:46And communities
15:48We ask you
15:49For a word of encouragement
15:50To help us continue
15:52Along this path
15:53This was a testimony
15:54Of people
15:56Here
15:56In the Catholic Church
15:59Church of Argentina
16:00This is a gathering
16:02Together
16:02With the Pope Leo
16:05And a joining
16:06Of other people
16:08Of church
16:08And a gathering
16:09With the people
16:10Of this university
16:11More news
16:12Of the steward
16:13Of Pope Leo XIV
16:15In Latin America
16:16Coming soon
16:16In our news briefs
16:17And also here
16:18In the intellectual English
16:19Stay tuned
16:35Autonomy
16:37And collective
16:37Of the people
16:38And the families
16:38And the people
16:38Of who I
