Rome, 14 Oct. (askanews) – “As Bishop of Rome and Primate of Italy, it is significant for me to renew, with this visit, the strong bond that unites the See of Peter to the Italian people, whom you represent, within the framework of the cordial bilateral relations that exist between Italy and the Holy See, steadily marked by sincere friendship and effective mutual collaboration.”
Thus Pope Leo in his greeting to the President
of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella starting his speech at the
Quirinal.
"It is, after all, a happy union rooted in the history of this peninsula and in the long religious and cultural tradition of this country. We see signs of this, for example, in the countless churches and bell towers that dot the land, often true treasure troves of art and devotion, in which the innate creativity of this people, combined with its genuine and solid faith, has given us evidence of such beauty: artistic, certainly, but above all moral and human."
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