A special mayor

The meeting with Giorgio La Pira establishes a friendship that also develops into a large correspondence

«There is no alternative to the “disarmament of Isaiah”: the Ara Pacis, as it was in the time of Augustus, constitutes today – and increasingly – the only sense of history: it constitutes the New Frontier that Kennedy saw, that Khrushchev saw, and that John XXIII was the first to indicate in 1958 in a certain sense to the entire family of peoples!» (Florence, March 16, 1974).

«Working for world peace is so essential for everyone. What else to do? The historical point at which we find ourselves is more and more this: there is no alternative to the dream of the peoples to survive: the unity of the world is more and more compact, solidly constituted every day: Seneca's image becomes more and more evident and happy: the authentic human family is similar to a vault made of stones that mutually support each other! We are in a daily struggle dedicated to giving a stroke of the oar that makes the ships of history advance towards the inevitable "eschatological port" (Paul VI) of hope and peace" (Florence, 1 April 1976).


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NP December 2024