Rome, Oct. 14 (LaPresse) – "Since the day of Your Holiness’s election, you have witnessed the depth of the Italian people’s closeness, who see in your actions for the centrality of the human person, for peace and dialogue, values that are shared and fundamental, which are also at the foundation of our Constitution." Thus stated President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella as he welcomed Pope Leo XIV to the Quirinale.