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Brussels – The European Parliament, for the first time, is hosting in its Brussels headquarters an exhibition on Giorgio La Pira: 19 photographic panels set up near the staircase leading to the plenary chamber tell the story of the “Holy Mayor.”
“In this period of disappointment and disenchantment with the quality of public policy and its protagonists, the figure of Giorgio La Pira stands out as an extraordinary and necessary example,” says Beatrice Covassi, Florentine MEP for the PD, who hosted the event. “With this exhibition, we want to resonate a very topical message, reviving the theme of peace and inter-religious dialogue. With La Pira, Florence became a place of universal dialogue. Representatives of States and peoples, religious leaders, and heads of State…