“… But if I look for the reasons of love, the right ones to live and die, true love, not 'my prisons', the love that loves, that makes you flourish, then I find Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified there on thorns, a spirit that burns green wood and hay and makes one wish for the same end. And I'm ready for a reason to offer this shiny tinderbox that I have here in front of me, at my disposal. But sometimes, silent and with little breath, I tremble for this strange vocation to be only a lighter. Or more simply a wick. And maybe, as a brother, not even that"

Alfred Fiorini

Pope Francis to the members of the National Council of AC Italiana, 30 April 2021