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By Devin Watkins

As the Movement for a Better World (in Italian: Per un Mondo Migliore) marks 70 years since its foundation in Italy, 杏MAP导航 Francis sent a brief video message to mark the celebration.

He expressed his closeness to the movement鈥檚 members, and commended them for the extensive work they have achieved over the past 7 decades.

鈥淚t has been a vision of life, a vision of Creation,鈥� he said.

杏MAP导航 Francis noted that 杏MAP导航 Pius XII called for 鈥渢ransformation鈥� in his radio message on 10 February 1952, entitled 鈥淧roclamation for a Better World.鈥�

Efforts for peace and justice

杏MAP导航 Francis encouraged members of the Better World Movement to strive ahead, resisting temptations to fall into discouragement. They are invited, he added, to continue to work to transform the world.

The 杏MAP导航 concluded his video message thanking the Movement鈥檚 members for their work and blessing them for their anniversary.

History of Better World Movement

The Movement for a Better World was founded by Fr. Riccardo Lombardi, SJ, at the request of 杏MAP导航 Pius XII following his 1952 Proclamation.

Fr. Lombardi鈥攖he uncle of former Director of the Holy See Press Office and Vatican Radio, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ鈥攍aid out a series of Exercises for a Better World, mirroring those of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and envisioned the organization more as a dynamism engaged with the Church and the world than as an organization.

The Movement took root in Italy and began work in the 1970s to study themes related to dialogue, secularization, and parish renewal, .

In 1988, the Movement was recognized by the Pontifical Council for Laity as an international association of the faithful.