#Pope Francis encourages the Italian Church CEI - Conferenza Episcopale Italiana to bear witness to the joy of the Gospel and to view people and society with the gaze of Jesus—one that contemplates and understands their pain and expectations. He calls for a compassionate outlook on the world we live in, urging us to prepare for the future by overcoming attitudes that are not in line with the Gospel, such as hopelessness, victimhood, fear, and closed-mindedness. The horizon stretches wide before