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.
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