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。
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。

Core castings for the world's most powerful onshore wind turbine Photo: website of Science and Technology Daily
The core castings for the world's most powerful onshore wind turbine in terms of single‑unit capacity have recently been delivered by a Chinese company, marking a technological breakthrough in the large‑megawatt onshore wind power castings, domestic news portal stdaily.com affiliated with Science and Technology Daily reported on Wednesday.
Independently developed by Dalian Huarui Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd. (DHHI), the delivered components include the bearing housing and base castings for 15 MW doubly fed onshore wind turbines. The components need to bear the huge gravity, wind loads and alternating loads transmitted from the blades and hub, and transfer the loads to the generator, ensuring steady rotation of the main shaft.
The products passed all customer inspections and assessments in one go and were officially delivery, stdaily.com reported.
Adopting an advanced modular design, the turbine components delivered can support flexible power adjustment ranging from 13 MW to 16 MW, enabling adaptive operation to varying and complex wind conditions across diverse regions, the report said.
The turbine's rotor diameter ranges from 240 meters to 260 meters, and are compatible with tower heights of 135 meters to 190 meters, delivering a maximum swept area of 53,000 square meters, roughly 8 standard football pitchs (105m×68m). This places the unit's overall performance among the world's top-tier.
Such super-large castings place extremely high demand on material properties, casting processes, dimensional accuracy and internal quality. The successful validation and delivery of the products therefore demonstrate the research and development, as well as manufacturing capabilities in super‑large wind power castings, stdaily.com reported.
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“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。”
这位87岁的教宗鼓励年轻人怀抱希望,勇往直前。“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。”