And while thinking about the possibility of going to a city wounded by bombs, “I sometimes forget the pain in my knee …”. But this very pain does not let him down from the flight ladder for the first time since his accession to the throne: the Pope, due to pain in his knee, went to the ground using a special platform, which took place on Sunday morning will also allow him to descend into the deep cave of San Paolo in Rabat and avoiding the steep steps.
In his speech, the Pope therefore invokes “a humane measure in the face of the infantile and destructive aggression that threatens us, in the face of the danger of a widespread Cold War that can suffocate the lives of entire peoples and generations. A quote from Giorgio La Pira, who spoke of the “infantilism of mankind: “Unfortunately, this infantilism he explains has not disappeared. Build bridges and walk with the poorest.
Bergoglio then questions the international community: “It is sad to see how the enthusiasm for peace that arose after the Second World War has weakened in recent decades, as has the path of the international community when a powerful few go on their own , looking for spaces and fields of action”. Pope Francis therefore asks that “the huge funds that continue to be earmarked for armaments be converted into development, health and nutrition and that they gather in international peace conferences where the topic of disarmament is the focus stands”.
And in Malta and Gozo, covered in yellowandwhite flags, the Pope defines Malta as a country of “rare humanity” where thousands of migrants from the southern hemisphere arrive. And then Francis recalls Europe because “some countries cannot take on the whole problem in the indifference of others! Finally, an appeal to fight corruption and illegality, a fight by the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered for it in 2017.