(Finance) – The celebrations of the 95th anniversary of the Lateran Pacts he was born in 40th anniversary of the Agreement to modify the Concordat at Palazzo Borromeo, Italian Embassy to the Holy See. On the bilateral Italy-Holy See table, the cooperative relations between the two States, the next Jubilee and international crises, from Ukraine to the Middle East, were discussed. Among the topics addressed also the family, with appreciation for the single allowance, the IMU, the end of life, the private school and the dossier relating to the Declaration of intent on the new headquarters of the Bambino Gesù signed by Italy and the Holy See last week.
“These meetings on the Lateran Pacts are the moment in which the situation is taken stock and everyone shows a willingness to collaborate and follow up on these issues addressed” commented Parolin positively. The meeting saw all the top officials of the two parties, from the prime minister Giorgia Meloni to the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. Present were several ministers and the leaders of the Italian Episcopal Conference, the cardinal president Matteo Zuppi and the general secretary, Msgr. Giuseppe Baturi.
From the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, comes the applause for the common desire to “implement the two fundamental principles on the basis of which the Concordat was stipulated, then renewed forty years ago, the autonomy and independence of the two orders, the Church and the State but also the desire to collaborate for the promotion of the good of man and for the common good of society”.
On the front of the Jubilee “Times are tight, we must recognize it, but – he said Parolin – let’s hope that some results can be achieved.”
On the declaration of intent for the Child Jesus, recently signed again at Palazzo Borromeo, “satisfaction and appreciation” was expressed.
Couldn’t miss it discussion on international issues and in particular on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The Vatican representative aligns himself with the countries that ask Israel to stop: “it is a general voice that we cannot continue like this and we must find other ways to solve the problem of Gaza, the problem of Palestine”.