 With the diploma (CELESTIAN FORGIVENESS AWARD) we want to remember the Celestinian Forgiveness which for seven hundred and twenty-three years has been a symbolic invitation to Peace among all peoples which today as yesterday represents a vital need in a geopolitical landscape marked by war and death. The Pardon of L’Aquila is the cradle of the universal value of spirituality that takes shape when crossing the Holy Door of the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio. The solemn rite that Pope Celestine V, a month after his election as Pontiff, in 1294 granted to all the faithful, in the basilica built by his own will. The humble hermit of Morrone, the first pope to resign in papal history, left the custody of a social message of revolutionary importance to the inhabitants of L'Aquila. The official website of the diploma is http://www.ariaq.it/wp/contest/award-perdonanza-celestiniana |
