Macron in Rome, will see Mattarella the Pope and Meloni. Riccardi: “he is the leader who can help peace”

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Rome. On the day of the inauguration of the new government, the French president is in the capital until tomorrow to participate in the interreligious assembly of Sant’Egidio “The cry of peace” and for institutional meetings in the framework of the Italy-France Treaty of November 2021. In tomorrow also plans an audience with Pope Francis and a private lunch with the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. «Macron, and I am pleased to say it, for us he is a friend and represents a man sensitive to the dimension of religions, of spirituality – was the comment of the founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio Andrea Riccardi -. Furthermore, from a political point of view, he seems to me a leader who can coagulate a European initiative in terms of peace ».

Among the first to arrive at the Nuvola all’Eur, where the Sant’Egidio event takes place, the Minister of Development and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso: “I had already accepted to be present – he declared -, because I strongly believe in initiatives of Sant’Egidio I would say already in not suspicious times ». But the participants are thousands in presence and in streaming connection. Among them, the president of the CEI, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, together with the chief rabbi of France, Haim Korsia and the general secretary of the Muslim World League, Abdul Karim Al-Issa. The testimony of Ukrainian Olga Makar will also be heard.

So many prominent personalities, who will intervene in the 14 forums scheduled throughout October 24 and the morning of 25, always at the Cloud, before joining Pope Francis in the afternoon of the same day in praying for the Peace of religions at the Colosseum. Numerous registrations received from various European countries for participation in the presence and thousands of those who will follow online from all continents.