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Pope calls for courage in ‘restart’ after Covid lockdown

August 19, 2021

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CWN Editor's Note: “’Restart’ is the watchword,” Pope Francis said in a message to the Meeting for Friendship in Rimini, Italy—the annual event organized by Communion and Liberation. The Pope said that the worldwide recovery from the Covid lockdown offers a chance to “start off again on the right foot, so as not to waste the opportunity provided by the crisis.” He said that courage is needed, to act decisively in a time marked by”a profound existential insecurity.”

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  • Posted by: Randal Mandock - Aug. 20, 2021 2:36 PM ET USA

    "Never let a crisis go to waste." Spoken by a true Democrat politician.

  • Posted by: frjt - Aug. 19, 2021 3:50 PM ET USA

    F1, the great "restarter", unless you are in any way committed to the Catholic Faith with a capital C