Vatican City (Vatican), Oct. 14 (LaPresse) – “As Bishop of Rome and Primate of Italy, it is significant for me to renew, with this visit, the strong bond that unites the Seat of Peter to the Italian people, whom you represent, within the framework of cordial bilateral relations between Italy and the Holy See, always marked by sincere friendship and effective mutual cooperation. It is, moreover, a happy union rooted in the history of this peninsula and the long religious and cultural tradition of this country. We see its signs, for example, in the countless churches and bell towers that dot the territory, often real treasure troves of art and devotion, in which the innate creativity of this people, combined with their genuine and solid faith, has offered us so much beauty: artistic, certainly, but above all moral and human,” said Pope Leo XIV in his address at the Quirinale on the occasion of the official visit.
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