Meloni remembers Wojtyla, ‘he protects me from up there, he taught me to do what I had to do’ – Libero Quotidiano

2023-10-22 16:23:00

Rome, 22 Oct. (time.news) – “Today marks the liturgical memorial of John Paul II. It was also October 22, 2022, when I went up to the Quirinale and took the oath as President of the Council. I have always considered Karol Wojtyła a bit like ‘my’ saint and I like to think that he protects me from up there. And a year ago, when I realized this ‘coincidence’, I got excited and felt the sensation that on the path I was about to begin I would always have him at my side”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote it on social media.

“John Paul II taught me many things – continues the Prime Minister -. I have treasured one of them and it guides my commitment. ‘Freedom’, he said, ‘does not consist in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what one must do’. I am a free person, I will be free despite everything, and I will always try to do what I must”.