Pope Francis Prays for Italy and the Head of its Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Zuppi Sends Greetings to the New Prime Minister Georgia Meloni - FULL TEXT
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The head of the Catholic bishops in Italy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, also released a statment of greetings to the new prime minister:Ringrazio Sua Santità #PapaFrancesco per il pensiero che ha voluto rivolgere all'Italia in questa giornata così importante per il Governo che ho l'onore di presiedere. @Pontifex_it
— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) October 23, 2022
Card. Zuppi's message of greetings to the Prime Minister
After the swearing-in ceremony of the new government at the Quirinal Palace, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna and President of the CEI, sent a message of good wishes to the President of the Council of Ministers, the Honorable Giorgia Meloni.
We publish the text below.
Most Illustrious Mr. President, in my name and in the name of the Italian Episcopal Conference, I express my sincere congratulations on the office you are called to hold. With her there is also a historical page for our country: the new government is the first led by a woman in the role of Prime Minister. Before the election, the Permanent Episcopal Council had reminded the elect to always carry out their mandate at the service of all and in the vision of the Encyclical Fratelli Tuttiand the political love it indicates. The challenges are great. The Council had indicated some, which it considered to be the main ones: poverty, the demographic winter, the protection of the elderly, the gaps between territories, the ecological transition and the energy crisis, work, especially for young people, hospitality and the integration of migrants, the streamlining of bureaucratic procedures, the reforms of the democratic organization of the state and of the electoral law. Over all these looms the tragedy of the war in progress which requires the commitment of all, in full harmony with Europe, in the unavoidable and urgent search for a right path that can finally lead to peace. In wishing you and all the members of your Government good work, the Church in Italy, respecting and distinguishing between orders and roles, ensures that you will not miss a constructive dialogue inspired solely by the desire to contribute to the pursuit of the common good of the country and the protection of the inviolable rights of the person and the community.
Most Illustrious Mr. President, in my name and in the name of the Italian Episcopal Conference, I express my sincere congratulations on the office you are called to hold. With her there is also a historical page for our country: the new government is the first led by a woman in the role of Prime Minister. Before the election, the Permanent Episcopal Council had reminded the elect to always carry out their mandate at the service of all and in the vision of the Encyclical Fratelli Tuttiand the political love it indicates. The challenges are great. The Council had indicated some, which it considered to be the main ones: poverty, the demographic winter, the protection of the elderly, the gaps between territories, the ecological transition and the energy crisis, work, especially for young people, hospitality and the integration of migrants, the streamlining of bureaucratic procedures, the reforms of the democratic organization of the state and of the electoral law. Over all these looms the tragedy of the war in progress which requires the commitment of all, in full harmony with Europe, in the unavoidable and urgent search for a right path that can finally lead to peace. In wishing you and all the members of your Government good work, the Church in Italy, respecting and distinguishing between orders and roles, ensures that you will not miss a constructive dialogue inspired solely by the desire to contribute to the pursuit of the common good of the country and the protection of the inviolable rights of the person and the community.
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