Francis of Assisi and global ethics

The globalized world offers many possibilities for distance communication and interpersonal encounters, but it also creates particularisms and discriminations. How to achieve a more united and fraternal world, without the excluded? How to make the planet a welcoming home, also for future generations? St. Francis of Assisi and Franciscan thought can serve as an inspiration and a prophetic sign for a reconciled humanity, which respects and safeguards creation?