HOLY MASS FOR THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JOHN PAUL II

Vatican City | 02 April 2025
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

Secretary-General Michele Capasso participated in the Holy Mass celebrated by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the return of Pope John Paul II to the House of the Father.
In his homily, Cardinal Parolin recalled ‘his passionate love for Christ’ and his ‘tireless service of peace’ with appeals and warnings, many of which ‘unfortunately went unheeded, as happens even to great prophets’. The greeting of Cardinal Stanislaus Dziwisz: "Pope Francis is spiritually united with us".
Secretary General Michele Capasso recalled Pope John Paul II's prophecy on war and peace twenty years later, his tireless service to peace, his passionate warnings, his diplomatic initiatives to try to the last to avert wars:
"... And this right up to the extreme times of his life, when the fragility of his physical strength was already evident, and although many of his appeals and warnings unfortunately went unheeded, as happens also to great prophets. It is an honour to participate in this Eucharist, said SG Capasso, in memory of a Great Man and Great Pope who supported us since 2002 in our dream of the United States of the World.

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BEST WISHES TO THE RECTOR MAJOR OF THE SALESIANS DON FABIO ATTARD

Rome | 28 March 2025
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

Secretary General Michele Capasso and all the members of the United States of the World expressed their warmest wishes to don Fabio Attard, elected Rector Major of the Salesian Family, the latter a founding member of the United States of the World.
"Today is a special day for the Salesian Family, said Michele Capasso, because donFabio Attard begins his journey as Don Bosco's new successor. It is a great mission, an immense responsibility, but also a precious gift for the entire Church and for young people. We entrust Don Fabio to the protection of Heaven, and in particular we entrust him to Sister Maria Pia Giudici, who has always had the Salesians and their mission at heart. I still remember a meeting between the two of them at San Biagio".

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MOBILISING FOR A UNITED STATES OF EUROPE

Rome | 15 March 2025
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

A delegation of the "United States of the World" participated in the demonstration for the "United States of Europe" in Rome.
Here is the statement by Secretary-General Michele Capasso:
‘For those who, like me, have been fighting to establish the "UNITED STATES OF EUROPE" within the framework of the "UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD" for forty years, with the help of my late brotherly friend Gerardo Marotta.
For those who, like me, have put every effort and every resource into warning of the danger for the new generations without a political Europe with common defence, foreign policy and economy.
For those who, like me, have appealed to all the presidents of the European Commission and Parliament since 1990.

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"INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY" DEDICATED TO UKRAINIAN WOMEN

Naples | 08 March 2025
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The United States of the World celebrated "International Women's Day" 2025 by dedicating it to Ukrainian women: innocent victims of a fratricidal war in the heart of Europe.
Throughout the day, the Peace Museum's 107 large videowalls projected images of Ukrainian women whose dignity and lives have been violated.
To NOT FORGET what increasingly appears to be a tragedy of immense proportions.
President Capasso thus addressed the women in attendance and those connected webinar:
"We want to dedicate this March 8, 2025 to the Ukrainian women who resist, who heal, who flee, who fight for life, who cry, who stand against Putin's war, who hope for Europe, who ask us to help them.
The images of Ukrainian women victims of the war flash before our eyes now unaccustomed to this spectacle in the heart of Europe: thousands dead, hundreds of thousands relocated or exiled, towns and villages in ruins, bridges and buildings destroyed by gunfire, monuments of culture or faith desecrated, violence and humiliation of all kinds, countless existences of simple people mutilated or torn apart forever. Human suffering cannot be summarized. Can one go beyond it?
This question is addressed at the same time to Russia that invaded Ukraine but also to those who have done so little to stop this war in the heart of Europe.
What can we say, in the face of such a tragedy, of a UN unsuited to the changes in our world with bureaucratic rules and vetoes that prevent real peacekeeping action; of a NATO that has remained a prisoner of archaic defense models; of a European Union that cares so little about the rest of Europe except for economic needs and following the law of markets and merchants; of a Russia trying to take back the place of the former Soviet Union by using force and violence, of all these games barely disguised by the great powers and their interests? Agreements constantly betrayed, pacts mocked and negotiators made fools of, international resolutions ignored, humanitarian convoys themselves become targets of deadly rage. Russia has provoked a war in the heart of Europe, against a "Brother Country"-Ukraine. A European war that is being waged according to archaic and despotic criteria contrary to any logic. A morally illegitimate war with no legal basis. A war above all fought by causing humiliation, suffering, genocide, violations, planned and pre-announced massacres whose victims are essentially women and children.
On this day we want to pay tribute to the women of Ukraine to whom our thoughts and help go.
Let us again throw a bottle into our sea with a common appeal intended for what remains of consciences on our shores".

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