{"id":109607,"date":"2025-05-22T14:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/?p=109607"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:45:15","slug":"schiller-institute-releases-names-of-85-prominent-endorsers-of-open-letter-to-pope-leo-xiv-backing-urgent-peace-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/ru\/blog\/2025\/05\/22\/schiller-institute-releases-names-of-85-prominent-endorsers-of-open-letter-to-pope-leo-xiv-backing-urgent-peace-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiller Institute Releases Names of 85 Prominent Endorsers of Open Letter to Pope Leo XIV Backing Urgent Peace Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 22\u2013 The Schiller Institute today released the names of 85 prominent endorsers of the Institute\u2019s Open letter to Pope Leo XIV<\/a> from all over the world, as a spur to broader circulation of the Letter, and the addition of many further endorsers. These names come from over 600 current total signers. The Institute stresses the urgency of this effort, in light of the unimaginable civilian death toll and suffering in Gaza as the Israeli government\u2019s policy of genocide and ethnic cleansing intensifies, and other conflicts, such as that in Ukraine, which continue to menace humanity with the specter of nuclear war. The letter is translated into Spanish,<\/a> French,<\/a> German<\/a>, Swedish, Arabic<\/a>, and Portuguese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Schiller Institute letter states, \u201cWe the undersigned, wholeheartedly welcome your Holiness to your Pontificate in these present extremely turbulent times, and we appreciate the fact that your first words were \u2018Peace be with all of you.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot only are regional conflicts raging in many parts of the world, but several of those conflicts have the potential of escalating to nuclear Armageddon, which could end civilization, and would thus be the ultimate sin against God\u2019s creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have offered to facilitate peace talks among countries at war, continuing the mandate of Pope Francis, who had made peace an urgent demand in his last Urbi et Orbi<\/em> message, and continuously denounced the arms trade, as well as those who profit from war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wish to communicate to your Holiness our commitment to try everything in our power, to reach out to all Christians, as well as believers of other religions and world outlooks, to unify in an effort to establish a true peace order in the world, one which eliminates the real causes for war by taking into account the valid security interests of all parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut, given the horrendous, satanic genocide going on in Gaza, and the unforgivable silence and inaction on the side of the governments in face of it, we also appeal to you to speak out on this ongoing genocide. We need a moral authority to condemn this genocide. Without that, we will lose any moral compass whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe also fully support your rejection of the \u2018Manichaean notions\u2019 that divide people into \u2018good and evil,\u2019 because such notions deny people the chance to overcome evil through development. But that requires the mobilization of our free will, and it does not mean an automatic acquittal of those who decide to be the instrument of evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe support the idea that \u2018the new name for peace is development<\/em>!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five initiating signatures:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Helga Zepp-LaRouche<\/strong> (Germany), Founder of the Schiller Institute and co-initiator of the International Peace Coalition (IPC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Ray McGovern<\/strong> (United States), Former CIA analyst, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Liliana Gorini<\/strong> (Italy), Chairwoman, Movimento Solidariet\u00e0 (Movisol)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Anastasia Battle,<\/strong> (United States), Co-initiator of the International Peace Coalition (IPC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Jacques Cheminade<\/strong> (France), former French presidential candidate, President of Solidarit\u00e9 et Progr\u00e8s,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The listing of a first group of 85 prominent additional signers released today, organized alphabetically by country, and alphabetically by last name within country. Profession, title and\/or affiliation, for identification purposes only<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n