Holy Father Pope Francis met some 7000 members of Italy’s National Association of State Police (ANPS), and urged them to enlarge their group by involving and welcoming other citizens, in order to spread the culture of legality, respect and security in their commitment to the common. The Pontiff found it very significant that their association can also include ordinary citizens who assume the association’s values and commitment. He encouraged them to establish a large family that is open to all those who wish to commit themselves to the common good on the basis of the association’s principles – a family that would like to involve and welcome every citizen, in order to spread a culture of legality, respect and security.
As reported by Vatican news, His Holiness Pope Francis encouraged the National Association of State Police to become greater promoters of their loving care for people, which is the synthesis of their ideals, that generates new relationships and leads to a more just order. “Through your commitment, in fact,” he said, “you help to introduce into the dough of society the leaven of equality and fraternity, which never fails to bear fruit.
The Pontiff concluded his remarks by reminding that the values of solidarity and peace which find their summit in Jesus, have always been able to and continue to be so even today, to renew interpersonal and social relationships. ANPS is an association that includes both police in service and those retired who together aim to carry forward the ideals and traditions of the State Police.
