Andrea Riccardi
THE CRY FOR PEACE
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1ª edizione giugno 2023
Collana
ATTUALITÀ E STORIA
Formato
13,5 x 21 cm - CARTONATO CON SOVRACOPERTA
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Numero pagine 240
CDU
95A 267
ISBN/EAN
9788892242760
Andrea Riccardi launches in this volume a cry for peace. He
speaks for the people who suffer from war and ask for its end.
This cry is often suffocated by the distraction of the international public opinion and seems lost in the distance between
those who live in a country at war and those who live at peace.
War and requests for peace have once again become burning
issues of our time, as have the fate of millions of refugees, migrants, exiles, not to mention the atomic threat or fears linked
to international balances. We immediately think of the conflict
in Ukraine because we still don’t see a peaceful solution. The
distance from a possible peace obliges even more to listen
to and take seriously the voices that ask or yearn for an end
to the war in Ukraine. But what is a war? What about peace?
And what can the Church do in all this? Talking of peace does
not mean giving in to the aggressor, but carefully considering
the price of each war and constantly re-proposing the goal of
peace. This book, starting from the European war in Ukraine,
which sees the attack of an atomic power like Russia in the
foreground, wants to take seriously the cry of pain and the requests for peace that come from a tortured country and from
a war in Europe. After all, there are many wars right now and
they are not to be forgotten, such as the one in Syria. In short,
we must listen to and take the requests for peace seriously.
The 21st century cannot and must not be destined for war.
Andrea Riccardi (Rome, 1950) is professor of contemporary history specialized in Church history of the 20th century. He is
the founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio, now present
in more than 70 countries around the world. Sant’Egidio has
played a mediating role in various conflicts worldwide. He
served as minister for international cooperation. Well-known
essayist whose books have been translated in many foreing
languages, for Edizioni San Paolo he has published, among
others, Giovanni Paolo II Santo (2014); Tutto può cambiare
(2018); La preghiera, la parola, il volto (2019).
SELLING POINTS
• Authoritativeness of the author, a prominent public figure
and founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio.
• A very timely volume.
• A tool to understand the devastations caused by war and
to become peacemakers.
• A volume that can shutter our souls.
IN THE DEFYING CHAOS OF OUR TIME,
A VOLUME TO FIND THE PATH TO PEACE.