Visvaldas Kulbokas, Apostolic Nuncio in Kyiv; Oleksandra Matviychuk, Ukrainian lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize 2022; Angelo Moretti, spokesperson for the European Movement for Nonviolent Action (Mean); Lali Liparteliani, Ukrainian NGO Emmaus; Anastasia Zolotova, Director of Ukrainian NGO Emmaus. Introduced by Giuseppe Frangi, journalist for Vita.

“If you want peace, prepare for peace,” wrote Don Primo Mazzolari, and peace is not something to be pursued after the war, but rather a task to be undertaken during it, and especially during the war. Peace, as we have learned during these nearly two and a half terrible years, years in which bombs rain down every day, is also prepared during the war with physical presence, with an embrace, with aid, with the construction of a beautiful and connected bomb shelter, even when the electricity does not work, by bringing together Italian mayors with Ukrainian mayors, and by praying for peace alongside representatives of all religions in Lviv and Kyiv. Ending the war is not within our power, but building peace is, and that is something we can do. As Pope John XXIII’s Pacem in Terris reminds us, peace is not just the absence of conflict but is based on four pillars: the exercise of truth, justice, freedom, and solidarity. The same pillars on which peace is built.
With this meeting, we intend to hear testimonies that tell us how peace is being prepared in times of war in Ukraine.

With the support of Tracce.