Pavia, Jun. 20 (LaPresse) – “If we want to change and for the world to live in peace, we must start with ourselves. This means no more words of hatred, insults, bullying, no more of all those things that create conflict between people, communities and countries,” said Pope Leo XIV, speaking off the cuff in Pavia, in Piazza del Duomo. “We must learn to be builders of peace and promoters of reconciliation,” he added. “One cannot believe without thinking, nor is it possible to illuminate the highest questions of reason without faith. With this trusting openness, human reason asks and plans: it does not close itself in logics of profit or domination, but discovers new ways to take care of oneself and of the world,” Leo said. “To the extent that the human being believes, he does not resign himself to the end, to a historical fragment that ends with death: faith itself reminds us that we are not subjects of an anonymous fate, instead sustaining the certainty that God is the creator and saviour of life.”
Papa Leone XIV in Pavia: “Enough hatred, bullying and wars between countries”
Pavia, Jun. 20 (LaPresse) – “If we want to change and for the world to live in peace, we must start with ourselves. This means no more words of hatred, insults, bullying, no more of all those things that create conflict between people, communities and countries,” said Pope Leo XIV, speaking off the cuff in Pavia, in Piazza del Duomo. “We must learn to be builders of peace and promoters of reconciliation,” he added. “One cannot believe without thinking, nor is it possible to illuminate the highest questions of reason without faith. With this trusting openness, human reason asks and plans: it does not close itself in logics of profit or domination, but discovers new ways to take care of oneself and of the world,” Leo said. “To the extent that the human being believes, he does not resign himself to the end, to a historical fragment that ends with death: faith itself reminds us that we are not subjects of an anonymous fate, instead sustaining the certainty that God is the creator and saviour of life.”
