The passing of His Holiness Pope Francis leaves the whole international community – and Italy in particular – with deep sorrow and a sense of emptiness.<\/p>\n
But because of his leadership and dedication, Pope Francis also leaves us with a sense of hope for the future.<\/p>\n
Remembering him in this General Assembly has a special meaning, due to Pope Francis\u2019s relentless commitment to peace and a more just world, with a special focus on the peripheries of the world, on the poor and the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n
With his hope stronger than any hardship, Pope Francis invited the world, and therefore all of us, to a change of course and to embark on a path that, I quote, \u201cdoes not crush, but cultivates, repairs and protects\u201d.<\/p>\n
His example compels us all to walk in this direction to seek the path of peace, pursue the common good, protect our planet and build a more just and equitable, truly human society.<\/p>\n
We cannot limit ourselves to remembrance and gratitude. The lessons of Pope Francis must translate into a sense of responsibility and in making the insights of his teachings our own.<\/p>\n
Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The passing of His Holiness Pope Francis leaves the whole international community – and Italy in particular – with deep sorrow and a sense of emptiness. But because of his leadership and dedication, Pope Francis also leaves us with a sense of hope for the future. Remembering him in this General Assembly has a special […]","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9986,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9983\/revisions\/9986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}