I come and stand at every door
But none can hear my silent tread
I knock and yet remain unseen
For I am dead for I am dead

I’m only seven though I died
In Hiroshima long ago
I’m seven now as I was then
When children die they do not grow

My hair was scorched by swirling flame
My eyes grew dim my eyes grew blind
Death came and turned my bones to dust
And that was scattered by the wind

I need no fruit I need no rice
I need no sweets nor even bread
I ask for nothing for myself
For I am dead for I am dead

All that I need is that for peace
You fight today you fight today
So that the children of this world
Can live and grow and laugh and play

Nazim Hikmet

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Blessings

Papa Francesco

Rome, February 27, 2022

“Le ragioni della pace sono più forti di ogni calcolo di interessi particolari e di ogni fiducia posta nell’uso delle armi”

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Joe

March 16, 2022

“No doubt: America stands with the forces of freedom… and may God protect the young Ukrainians defending their country”

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Some 800 years ago… the Emperor Federick II, at the sixth crusade, regained Jerusalem following a diplomatic agreement with Sultan al-Kamil.

March 17, 1229

Federico II “Stupor Mundi”

“Insensati come siamo, noi vogliamo conquistare tutto, come se avessimo il tempo di possedere tutto.”

(Federico II di Svevia)