(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 24 - The CEI launches an appeal to the Parliament to listen to the "desire for unity" that comes from the country in the elections for the Quirinale. "Listening to reality is not disenchantment or abstract exercise, but it is a duty that also directly challenges the responsibilities of politics".
Today "the voting to elect the President of the Republic begins. Will Parliament in joint session be able to grasp the country's desire for unity? We can only hope for it in the general interest", said Cardinal President Gualtiero Bassetti, introducing the work of the permanent Episcopal Council.
The Italian Episcopal Conference thanks Sergio Mattarell for his work at the Quirinale.
"The unitary spirit that animates the vast majority of Italians has so far found a coherent and disinterested interpreter in the person of Sergio Mattarella, whose example of man and statesman now stands as a clear point of reference in the choices that must be made in the light of the Constitution. we renew our respectful and grateful greeting ", added card.
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