(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 8 – President Sergo Mattarella wrote to Leo XIV after his election as the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff Thursday saying the peace evoked by the former Cardinal Robert Prevost in his initial address was the hope of humanity.
“In this historical moment, in which so much of the world is devastated by inhuman conflicts where it is above all the innocent who suffer the harshest consequences of such barbarity, I wish to assure you of the Italian Republic’s commitment to pursuing ever more solid relations with the Holy See to continue to promote a vision of the world and of coexistence between peoples founded on peace, on the guarantee of inviolable rights and of dignity and freedom for all people. That peace that Your Holiness forcefully evoked in your first message from the loggia of St. Peter’s and which is the hope of all humanity”, read the message from the Italian head of State. (ANSA).
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“In this historical moment, in which so much of the world is devastated by inhuman conflicts where it is above all the innocent who suffer the harshest consequences of such barbarity, I wish to assure you of the Italian Republic’s commitment to pursuing ever more solid relations with the Holy See to continue to promote a vision of the world and of coexistence between peoples founded on peace, on the guarantee of inviolable rights and of dignity and freedom for all people. That peace that Your Holiness forcefully evoked in your first message from the loggia of St. Peter’s and which is the hope of all humanity”, read the message from the Italian head of State. (ANSA).
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