Dear Friends,
For some time now, we have been in combat against the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19. From all that we can tell – and one of the difficulties of the combat is that so much about the pestilence remains unclear – , the battle will yet continue for some time. The virus involved is particularly insidious, for it has a relatively long incubation period – some say 14 days and some say 20 days – and is highly contagious, much more highly contagious than other viruses we have experienced.

In un testo inedito che uscirà giovedì 16 settembre in un volume delle Edizioni Cantagalli il Papa Emerito affida l'ultimo accorato appello affinché l'Europa riscopra e riaffermi la sua vera origine e identità che l'hanno resa grande e modello di bellezza e umanità.