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During a visit to the Naples headquarters of the “United States of the World” and the “Museum of Peace”, Dr Bruno Vespa visited the section of the museum dedicated to Raffaele Capasso, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth.
The journalist, who had already received the book “Raffaele, the mayor”, lingered over the mayor's main stages of reconstruction, also intrigued by the fact that one of its authors, Giuseppe Tortora, is from San Sebastiano al Vesuvio.
Dr Vespa was welcomed by Secretary-General Michele Capasso and other members of the association.

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Bruno Vespa visited the headquarters of the United States of the World and the Museum of Peace, welcomed by Secretary-General Michele Capasso, Professor Giuseppe D'Antonio and other members of the institution.
Along the way, he visited the main museum sections: from the Mosque to the sacred rooms with cribs, from Mario Molinari to Don Peppe Diana, from Raffaele, the mayor to the Women artists of the Islamic world.
At the end of the visit, he expressed himself as follows: 
"I am in awe of the construction of such an important institution, so precious and challenging. Entering this place truly breathes peace because of the intertwining of different peoples, religions and sensitivities: to have brought all this together impresses me and I am honoured by this recognition. I am also pleased that here, among the first supporters, is St John Paul II, my Pope whom I met in Krakow as archbishop; as I also note that Pope Leo XIV, without knowing it, in using the words “disarmed and disarming peace”, reiterated what St Leo the Great said when he disarmed Attila: the same words are present in your “Constitution” approved in November 2022".

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The United States of the World awarded the prestigious “Mediterranean Award for Peace of the Thirtieth Anniversary” to the "City-martyr" of Gernika, on the occasion of the 88th anniversary of the bombing.
The prestigious title - the “Totem for Peace” by sculptor Molinari - was presented in the "House of Culture" in Gernika by Secretary-General Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari to the mayor of Gernika - Lumo José Maria Gorroño Etxebarrieta. Among those present were two survivors of the massacre, Cruzita Etxabe and Maria Carmen Aguirre, citizens and representatives of the institutions.

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