Francis recalled that 60 years ago (October 11, 1962) the Second Vatican Council began and said that “we cannot forget the danger of nuclear war that threatened the world at that time. Why not learn from history?”, referring to the missile crisis between Cuba, the United States and the Soviet Union.
“Also at that time there were conflicts and great tensions, but the peaceful path was chosen. It is written in the Bible: “Thus speaks the Lord: ‘Stand on the roads and look, ask the ancient paths where the good road is, and go there: thus you will find tranquility for your souls”Francis added.
The pope made this appeal after the canonization ceremony today in Rome of Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1839-1905), Bishop of Piacenza and founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of San Carlo, and the Italian-Argentine Salesian nurse Artémides Zatti (1880- 1951).
and explained that there is currently “a migration to Europe that makes us suffer and makes us open our hearts, which is that of Ukrainians fleeing war” and asked again “not to forget the martyred Ukraine.”
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