4 December 2020 | Address of His Holiness

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIAL LETTERS BY THE AMBASSADORS OF JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, ZAMBIA, MAURITANIA, UZBEKISTAN, MADAGASCAR, ESTONIA, RWANDA, DENMARK AND INDIA ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE

Clementine Hall

[…] Today, perhaps more than ever, our increasingly globalized world urgently
demands sincere and respectful dialogue and cooperation capable of uniting us
in confronting the grave threats facing our planet and mortgaging the future of
younger generations. In my recent Encyclical Fratelli Tutti, I expressed my
desire that “in this our time, by acknowledging the dignity of each human
person, we can contribute to the rebirth of a universal aspiration to fraternity”
(No. 8). The presence of the Holy See in the international community stands at
the service of the global common good, by drawing attention to the
anthropological, ethical and religious aspects of the various questions that affect
the lives of individuals, peoples and entire nations.

It is my hope that your diplomatic activity as representatives of your nations to
the Holy See will foster the “culture of encounter” (Fratelli Tutti, 215) needed to
transcend the differences and divisions that so often stand in the way of realizing
the high ideals and goals proposed by the international community. Each of us is
invited, in fact, to work daily for the building of an ever more just, fraternal and
united world. […]