Pope Leo XIV Urges Peace in 35,000-Person San Marino as He Revives 44-Year Rimini Visit
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Updated · Euronews · Aug 21
Pope Leo XIV Urges Peace in 35,000-Person San Marino as He Revives 44-Year Rimini Visit
3 articles · Updated · Euronews · Aug 21
Summary
Leo XIV used a visit to San Marino to press for peace, diplomacy and multilateralism, saying power politics now trample international humanitarian law in a world wounded by war.
At the Grand and General Council, the pope cast the 35,000-resident republic as a "laboratory of good politics," rooted in the common good, solidarity and social justice as its EU association deal nears operation.
The trip also carries symbolic weight: Leo is the first pope since John Paul II in 1982 to pair San Marino with the Rimini Meeting, while Benedict XVI last visited the republic in 2011.
In Rimini, thousands queued for the 47th Communion and Liberation meeting, where 20,000 seats were supplemented by giant screens and Leo was expected to extend the same message of dignity, freedom and care for others.