Milano, Aug. 21 (LaPresse) – “We live in a time when reckless wars are being fought, inequalities are growing while very small oligarchies accumulate powers greater than those of many sovereign states.” President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said this in a message sent to Bernhard Scholz, president of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples Foundation, on the opening day of the Rimini Meeting. “It is from the humanity of women and men that we can draw the energy to reject conformity, passivity, hatred, hostility toward those who are different and toward foreigners, and to educate for peace. I wish the Meeting, and all those who will take part in the days in Rimini, to continue generously building horizons of humanity,” the head of state added. “The Rimini Meeting is a significant event. Now in its 47th edition, it represents a history and, in times of extraordinary transformation, aims to continue contributing to building history, coherently weaving together the threads of its own. This year, the knot has been tied around love. The concluding verse of Dante’s Commedia – ‘The Love that moves the sun and the other stars’ – expresses not only a feeling of individual experience. Love that opens us to others, beyond ourselves and our present, is an inner force that takes on a relational and therefore social dimension, one of great value. Connecting the I to the you, to the we, breaks down loneliness and gives direction to human journeys. It is the opposite of the false realism that leads to inertia, distrust and resignation, when instead the destiny of communities is to become protagonists of their own future. Pope Leo XIV recalled this in his ‘Magnifica humanitas’. A humanity not closed within illusory walls and condemned to selfishness, but open and sensitive to the injustices and tragedies of those who suffer, ready to build new bridges. Solidarity, social friendship and the selflessness of love can open unprecedented horizons for politics, the economy and civil life,” Mattarella concluded.
Mattarella: “Wars are being fought recklessly and inequalities are growing”
Milano, Aug. 21 (LaPresse) – “We live in a time when reckless wars are being fought, inequalities are growing while very small oligarchies accumulate powers greater than those of many sovereign states.” President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said this in a message sent to Bernhard Scholz, president of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples Foundation, on the opening day of the Rimini Meeting. “It is from the humanity of women and men that we can draw the energy to reject conformity, passivity, hatred, hostility toward those who are different and toward foreigners, and to educate for peace. I wish the Meeting, and all those who will take part in the days in Rimini, to continue generously building horizons of humanity,” the head of state added. “The Rimini Meeting is a significant event. Now in its 47th edition, it represents a history and, in times of extraordinary transformation, aims to continue contributing to building history, coherently weaving together the threads of its own. This year, the knot has been tied around love. The concluding verse of Dante’s Commedia – ‘The Love that moves the sun and the other stars’ – expresses not only a feeling of individual experience. Love that opens us to others, beyond ourselves and our present, is an inner force that takes on a relational and therefore social dimension, one of great value. Connecting the I to the you, to the we, breaks down loneliness and gives direction to human journeys. It is the opposite of the false realism that leads to inertia, distrust and resignation, when instead the destiny of communities is to become protagonists of their own future. Pope Leo XIV recalled this in his ‘Magnifica humanitas’. A humanity not closed within illusory walls and condemned to selfishness, but open and sensitive to the injustices and tragedies of those who suffer, ready to build new bridges. Solidarity, social friendship and the selflessness of love can open unprecedented horizons for politics, the economy and civil life,” Mattarella concluded.