Thanking the authorities for the invitation, the Holy Father emphasized that he was coming to San Marino – the world's oldest republic, whose history dates back to the 4th century – in the footsteps of his predecessors: St. John Paul II, who visited the country in 1982, and Benedict XVI, who arrived there in 2011. He based his speech on a reflection on the country's motto: Libertas (freedom), which – he recalled – means more than just self-deter…
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Thanking the authorities for the invitation, the Holy Father emphasized that he was coming to San Marino – the world's oldest republic, whose history dates back to the 4th century – in the footsteps of his predecessors: St. John Paul II, who visited the country in 1982, and Benedict XVI, who arrived there in 2011. He based his speech on a reflection on the country's motto: Libertas (freedom), which – he recalled – means more than just self-deter…