President Sergio Mattarella on
Wednesday sent a message to Pope Francis, who has been in
hospital since February 14 with bilateral pneumonia, for the
12th anniversary of his inauguration as the leader of the
Catholic Church.
"Together with me, the Italian people are grateful to you for
these 12 years in which you have offered the most authentic
testimony of evangelical values, in constant service not only to
the Catholic Church, but to all of humanity," Mattarella said.
"At the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Convention on Climate Change, at the G7 Summit chaired by Italy,
at the G20, your holiness brought a vibrant call to the
rediscovery of hope, to the setting aside of the logic of force
and abuse, to the call for renewal by an ethical use of new
technologies.
"While at the international level the reasons of law and of a
correct articulation of coexistence between States seem to be
weakening, your voice is, and remains, more necessary than
ever....
"In this spirit, Holy Father, I renew my sincere wishes for
every well-being in the continuation of the pontificate to which
I add those - ever more heartfelt - of a speedy recovery".
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