"Cardinal Hossu’s message remains most timely.  What he did for the Jews of Romania, and his efforts to protect his neighbour in spite of all risks and dangers, today make him a model of freedom, courage and generosity, even to the point of making the supreme sacrifice.  That is why his motto, “Our Faith is Our Life", ought to become the motto of each one of us.  It is my prayerful hope that his example, which anticipated the teaching later expressed in the Declaration Nostra Aetate of the Second Vatican Council — the sixtieth anniversary of which is approaching — together with your friendship, will serve as a beacon for today’s world.  Let us say “No!” to violence in all its forms, and even more so when it is perpetrated against those who are defenseless and vulnerable, like children and families". These were the words of Pope Leo XIV yesterday, at the commemoration of Blessed Cardinal Iuliu Hossu. "The hope shown by this great Pastor was that of a man of faith, who knows that the gates of evil will not prevail against God’s work", the pontiff continued. "His life was a witness of faith lived to the full, in prayer and devotion to others.  A man of dialogue and a prophet of hope, he was beatified by Pope Francis on 2 June 2019 in Blaj.  In the homily on that occasion, the Pope quoted a phrase of the Cardinal that summed up his entire life: 'God has sent us into this darkness of suffering in order to offer forgiveness and to pray for the conversion of all'. These words embody the spirit of the martyrs: an unshakeable faith in God, devoid of hatred and coupled with a spirit of mercy that turns suffering into love for one’s persecutor. Even now, those words remain as a prophetic invitation to overcome hatred through forgiveness and to live one’s faith with dignity and courage"."Close to the sufferings of the Jewish people, which culminated in the tragedy of the Holocaust, the church knows well what pain, marginalization, and persecution mean. Precisely for this reason, she feels committed, as a matter of conscience, to building a society centered on respect for human dignity", he concluded.