A vigil for peace, promoted by Azione Cattolica Italiana and Fondazione Azione Cattolica scuola di santità Pio XI, an invitation to intensify prayer during Lent, a moment to be included in the itinerary of family, group, parish and diocesan prayer.
Taking into account the global context that presents us with situations of conflict involving many countries every day, we propose a special prayer intention for government leaders, for those who are responsible for the common good at all levels, with the certainty that all peoples desire to live in peace.
We entrust our prayer to the intercession of the Venerable Giorgio La Pira (1904-1977), who lived his faith in the Church and in the world of his time in a radical and consistent way, with a spirit of service, always nourished by prayer and study, and by hope in fraternity between cities and peoples. The example of Giorgio La Pira challenges each of us with the evangelical simplicity that enabled him to make concrete choices and gestures of peace in order to open paths of dialogue even where it seemed impossible.
About Giorgio La Pira
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https://giorgiolapira.org/
https://www.fondazionesantiac.org/venerabile/giorgio-la-pira/la-pira-giorgio/
