February 10, 2023
8th Annual Interfaith Dialogue on Faith, Multilateralism and Public Policy
February 10, 2023
The desire of Pope Francis, with which he closed the abovementioned annual address to the Members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, “How wonderful it would be if, just once, we were to gather simply to thank the Lord Almighty for his constant blessings, without having to list all the tragic events plaguing our world. If I may quote once more the words of John XXIII, “we nonetheless remain hopeful that, by establishing contact with one another and by a policy of negotiation, nations will come to a better recognition of the natural ties that bind them together as men and women. We are hopeful, too, that they will come to a fairer realization of one of the cardinal duties deriving from our common nature: namely, that love, not fear, must dominate the relationships etween individuals and between nations.”