Open Letter from the See of Cologne
To the Government of https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a2,
And for the attention of the global community.
Recent maneuvers and rhetoric emanating from Rome the temporal one have provoked not merely confusion, but profound disquiet. It appears a concerning amnesia has taken hold regarding the nature of a certain neighbor.
The Italian state, which owes its very cultural and historical identity to the moral and civilizing force it now seems to treat with such casual disregard, appears to be testing a boundary sacred to the conscience of the world. The https://app.warera.io/country/69614d0e5d798a861630c58e City is not a problem of urban planning. It is the world's smallest and most significant sovereign entity a living testament to the independence of the spirit from the fist.
Your recent posturing suggests you view this testament as an inconvenience. A relic. Your actions whisper a question the world never thought to hear again from a European capital: "What value has a voice that speaks of peace, when we have the means to command silence?"
We therefore put to you a direct challenge, born of disappointment more than anger:
Will you, the Italian Republic, now formally and publicly repudiate the Lateran Treaties and the very principle of our neighbor's sovereignty? Will you declare to the world that you no longer see value in harboring an independent moral voice at your heart?
Or will you, as we still hope, step back from this brink and reaffirm what was once understood to be the immutable foundation of your own republic's dignity?
Your choice will not be recorded in the annals of diplomacy, but in the judgment of history on what a nation ultimately valued when power tempted it.
We await your answer.https://app.warera.io/user/694422ef16baf6b5d5a3cc61 https://app.warera.io/user/697250c4b74dc09afb8cfc81 https://app.warera.io/user/6967eaeab14c2b4b47335d2d https://app.warera.io/user/6908f41e6852040ec034e92e https://app.warera.io/user/698e085381cea824ea1d1f8d The world is watching. Or will you, as we still hope, step back from this brink and reaffirm what was once understood to be the immutable foundation of your own republic's dignity or must your patrons from Turkey (https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7eb) first grant you permission to do so?
the Archbishop of Cologne, Severin