Pope Francis exalizes music as an instrument of peace at famous Italian music festival

Pope Francis sent by surprise a video message on Tuesday, February 11 to the San Remo Festival, the most famous musical event in Italy, which over the years has become one of the most followed television realities in the transalpine country.

Through the video recorded in Italian from his apartment at Casa Santa Marta, the Pontiff connected with the public television program Raito extol the importance of music.

“Music is beauty, music is an instrument of peace. It is a language that all peoples, in different ways, speak and reach everyone. Music can help people live together, ”he said.

In the televised message, Pope Francis also remembered his mother and described how, when he was a child, he narrated with love “some operas passages.” A vital episode that made the Pontiff understand “the meaning of harmony and messages that music can give.”

The Holy Father also referred to the celebration of the World day of the child, whose second edition will take place in May at the Olympic stadium in Rome and described it as “a beautiful moment” in which they will find small world.

Thus, he denounced that wars “destroy children” while emphasizing that armed conflicts are “a defeat” for all.

Pope Francis also took the opportunity to launch a message of fraternity to society and asked that “those who have hated themselves do their hand” and “get hugged.”

In any case, he called “to say with life, with music and with song: peace is possible!” “Today you are doing it and you are making it known through music,” he thanked the organizers of the famous San Remo Festival.

In short, the Holy Father valued music as an art that is capable of “opening the heart to harmony, the joy of being together, with a common language and understanding.”

Finally, he stressed that music is an impulse to create “a more fair and fraternal world.”