Rotalty and children welcome the pontiff to Madrid
Pope Leo, who is currently visiting Spain is planning to be in Portugal
in July next year to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the apparitions at the Sanctuary
of Fátima.
President António José Seguro has extended an official invitation for
the Portugal visit. Vatican discussions for the apostolic journey are already
underway.
In
a speech soon after arriving in Spain un Saturday Pope Leo urged against
division and said the world is crying out for peace.
“Our
age, seemingly shaken by terrible imbalances and conflicts, cries out from its
depths for peace,” the pontiff said, in an address in front of King Felipe VI
at the Royal Palace in Madrid.
The
message of peace, he said, “at present unfortunately strikes some as naïve and
others as confrontational.” It is, however, welcomed by those “who do not shut
themselves off in preconceived ideologies, but are rather open to the truth.”
Later
in the speech, he added: “For the love of truth, I invite everyone to set aside
the divisive and polarizing narratives of your societal reality and history, so
as to overcome sterile simplifications through the fruitful appreciation of
complexity.”
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