Pope Leo XIV was welcomed in the Auditorium of the Meeting of Rimini by the event’s president, Bernhard Scholz, who opened the meeting by recalling the reasons that, since its very origins, have accompanied the experience of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples.
In his address, Scholz recalled the intention to make the event a place of encounter and dialogue, open to discussion and to the search for what unites people. A path that traces its roots back to the experience of Father Luigi Giussani and to attention toward the destiny of every human being.
The Meeting’s president then turned to the message that Leo XIV has carried forward since the very beginning of his pontificate, pointing to the building of a more fraternal society and the ability to safeguard the human dimension as two of the central challenges of this historical moment.
Scholz linked this call directly to the Meeting’s own mission, stressing the need to face a future full of uncertainties and an era of profound change with responsibility, creativity and trust.
His greeting reaffirmed the Rimini event’s commitment to remaining a space for dialogue among different experiences, cultures and sensibilities, placing the human person and the search for goodness, beauty and truth at its center.
