Pope Francis to Lula da Silva: “We are in times of war and peace is very fragile”

He Pope Francisco received today in audience at the Vatican to the president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawhom he warned that “we are in times of war and peace is very fragile”, at the end of a meeting in which they showed great harmony and affection and which concluded with a word of encouragement: “Force”.

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“We are in times of war and peace is very fragile. I give you what we do in our workshops”explained the pontiff to the Brazilian president and the first lady, Rosângela “Janja” da Silvaby giving them a bas-relief titled “Peace is a fragile flower.”

Francisco and Lula met behind closed doors in a studio at the Paul VI Hallnear the residence of the pontiff, who has just undergone surgery for an abdominal hernia and who today moved with the help of a cane, already frequent especially due to his knee problems.

Upon receiving the Brazilian president and his wife, the Argentine pope exclaimed in Spanish: “Nice to see you again!” and said in his usual ironic tone “Still alive” the president, re-elected last January after a judicial and political ordeal that even led him to prison.

Then he shook the hand of the first lady, dressed in black as protocol dictates: “A pleasure, ma’am,” he told her.

After the closed-door meeting, Lula thanked the Pope on Twitter for “the good conversation about peace in the world”since one of his intentions was to approach the war in Ukraine.

Francis dedicated awelcome” (welcome, in Portuguese) to Lula and his wife before proceeding to the traditional exchange of gifts.

The president gave the pontiff an engraving of the sacred Family of the artist of Pernambuco JF Borgeswhile his wife presented him with a statue of Our Lady of Nazareth of Belém.

Francisco for his part gave him his Message of Peace 2023the Document on Human Fraternity, the book on the “Statio Orbis” of March 27, 2020, when he prayed for the end of the pandemic in a square San Pedro deserted.

“Today I signed it for you”Told him.

Finally, he handed over to the brazilian couple and to his delegation a rosary and a commemorative object of the tenth year of his pontificate.

before saying goodbye, Francisco hugged Lulashook his hand and gave him one last word, “coraggio” (courage or strength, in Italian), while raising his thumb.

Source: Elcomercio

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