00:00Pope Leo XIV paid a visit to San Marino and Rimini on Saturday with the aim of relaunching to the
00:07world
00:08his message of peace and coexistence from the Italian enclave.
00:12The one-day visit is the first of a Pope to San Marino, the world's oldest surviving republic,
00:19after more than 15 years, and marks a centenary of Vatican relations.
00:24We live in a world damaged by many conflicts, in which, with concern,
00:30we see violence increase, closures, fears of the other.
00:36In front of these inquietants, our answer cannot only be the one to walk with even more conviction on the
00:47way of the gospel.
00:47Pope Leo also hailed the tiny republic of some 35,000 inhabitants as a model of political freedom and civic
00:56responsibility.
00:57Later on Saturday, Pope Leo paid a visit to Italy's Romania region,
01:02where he gave an address to a cultural and political event organized by an influential Catholic group at the Italian
01:10seaside resort of Rimini.
01:11Pope Leo XIV.
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