Pope, CEI: ‘Thank you for 12 years of luminous teaching of unity and charity’

Vatican City (Vatican), 13 Mar. (LaPresse) – The Gemelli bed represents “a solid pulpit” of Pope Francis’ ‘luminous teaching of unity and charity’. This is what we read in the message from the Permanent Council of the CEI, the Italian Episcopal Conference, for the 12 years of Pope Francis' pontificate. “Thank you, Holiness,” write the bishops, ’for your testimony and for the strength that you continue to transmit to us all. We assure you of our support and continue to make your same invocation our own: we pray with you and for you. This anniversary therefore becomes a reason for further gratitude to the Lord, who is Lord of time and history. Renewing our closeness to you, we assure you of the affection of the Churches in Italy. Best wishes, Your Holiness.