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Address by the President of the ICRC on the occasion of the visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, on 15 June 1982

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1982

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Extract

To receive Your Holiness in the headquarters of our Committee is not merely an honour and a privilege, it is above all a great comfort. In fact, this is a unique opportunity to welcome the Head of a State founded on spiritual strength rather than on military might.

In a world too often ruled by the force of arms, You, as Sovereign Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, embody the spiritual values without which no enterprise can be truly described as human.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 22 , Issue 229 , August 1982 , pp. 195 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1982

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