Pope Francis has sent a video message to the Movement for a Better World, 70 years after it was founded by Father Riccardo Lombardi, SJ, who was inspired by a speech given by Venerable Pius XII.
Pope Francis prays at the tomb of Pope Pius XII on Nov. 2, 2021. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Feb 10, 2022 / 06:00 am (CNA).In a video message on Thursday, Pope Francis encouraged Christians to stay committed to making the world a more just and peaceful place, as his predecessor Pius XII urged 70 years ago.Pope Francis sent his brief message to the Movimento per un Mondo Migliore (Movement for a Better World), which is celebrating 70 years since its founding in 1952.The Catholic group was created in response to Pope Pius XII s radio message to the Roman faithful, transmitted on Feb. 10, 1952.In his "Proclamation for a Better World," as it came to be known, Venerable Pius XII exhorted his "beloved children" to take action."It is a whole world that needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, that needs to be transformed from wild to human, from human to divine, that is, according to the heart of God," the pope said less than seven years after the end of World W
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